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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (17): 530010-530010.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.30010

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Adjoint⁃based aero/stealth optimization design for UAV

Ming LI1(), Jiaojiao CHEN1, Hai ZHOU1, Yingwen CHEN1, Junqiang BAI2   

  1. 1.Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute,Chengdu 610091,China
    2.School of Aeronautics,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
  • Received:2023-12-25 Revised:2024-01-17 Accepted:2024-02-26 Online:2024-03-13 Published:2024-03-11
  • Contact: Ming LI E-mail:2014200130@mail.nwpu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The shape design of the stealth UAV needs to give consideration to both aerodynamic and stealth performance and balance these two disciplines. To further tap the potentials of UAV, this paper adopts a multidisciplinary optimization design method to refine the shape. Firstly, an adjoint method for solving the gradient of Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a homogeneous medium target is established. The target with the stealth material is treated as a homogeneous medium. The RCS of the homogeneous medium is solved by the Poggio-Miller-Chang-Harrington-Wu-Tsai (PMCHWT) equation. Secondly, a multidisciplinary gradient optimization design system for aero/stealth is established by combining the Reynolds average Navier-Stokes equation solver, the free form deformation parameterization method, the inverse distance weight mesh deformation algorithm, the sequential quadratic programming algorithm, and the adjoint method. Finally, the aero/stealth optimization design of the shape of a UAV is carried out. The results show that the aerodynamic and stealth performance of the optimized shape is improved, which verifies the effectiveness of the method proposed.

Key words: adjoint method, Poggio-Miller-Chang-Harrington-Wu-Tsai (PMCHWT) equation, method of moments, RANS, multidisciplinary optimization, aero/stealth

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