Multi-Objective Optimization of Low Reynolds Number Airfoil Using Convolutional Neural Network and Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm

Aerospace

Haobo Liu¹  Marco Alessandrini¹  Ziqi Xu¹  Abu Bakar¹  Dongsheng Wen¹  Ke Li¹ 

[1] National key Laboratory of Human Machine and Environment Engineering, School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;

关键词: low Reynolds number airfoil;    convolutional neural network;    non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm;    multi-objective optimization;    Pareto front;   

DOI  :  10.3390/aerospace9010035

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The airfoil is the prime component of flying vehicles. For low-speed flights, low Reynolds number airfoils are used. The characteristic of low Reynolds number airfoils is a laminar separation bubble and an associated drag rise. This paper presents a framework for the design of a low Reynolds number airfoil. The contributions of the proposed research are twofold. First, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is designed for the aerodynamic coefficient prediction of low Reynolds number airfoils. Data generation is discussed in detail and XFOIL is selected to obtain aerodynamic coefficients. The performance of the CNN is evaluated using different learning rate schedulers and adaptive learning rate optimizers. The trained model can predict the aerodynamic coefficients with high accuracy. Second, the trained model is used with a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) for multi-objective optimization of the low Reynolds number airfoil at a specific angle of attack. A similar optimization is performed using NSGA-II directly calling XFOIL, to obtain the aerodynamic coefficients. The Pareto fronts of both optimizations are compared, and it is concluded that the proposed CNN can replicate the actual Pareto in considerably less time.

【 授权许可】

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