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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (8): 127446-127446.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2022.27446

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles    

Uncertainty analysis and gradient optimization design of airfoil based on polynomial chaos expansion method

Yifu CHEN1, Yuhang MA1, Qingsheng LAN2, Weiping SUN3, Yayun SHI4, Tihao YANG1(), Junqiang BAI1   

  1. 1.School of Aeronautics,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
    2.Computational Aerodynamics Institute,China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center,Mianyang 621000,China
    3.AVIC Tongfei South China Aircraft Industry,Zhuhai 519000,China
    4.School of Aeronautics,Xi’an Jiaotong University,Xi’an 710049,China
  • Received:2022-05-15 Revised:2022-06-06 Accepted:2022-06-28 Online:2023-04-25 Published:2022-07-08
  • Contact: Tihao YANG E-mail:yangtihao@nwpu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(1200021118)

Abstract:

An efficient and reliable uncertainty gradient optimization design method is developed by coupling the adjoint method and the non-intrusive polynomial chaos method. Using the adjoint equation method to solve the derivative of the objective function with respect to the uncertain variable, we develop a gradient-enhanced polynomial chaos expansion method. Various examples at subsonic and transonic speeds prove that this method can improve the efficiency and accuracy of uncertainty analysis. Meanwhile, the sensitivity of uncertain variables is quantified using a global sensitivity analysis method based on variance decomposition. A statistical moment gradient solution method for the coupled adjoint equation of polynomial chaos is established, and an uncertain gradient optimization design system built by combining the gradient-enhanced polynomial chaos expansion method. Based on the optimization design system, the deterministic and uncertain optimization design research of two-dimensional low subsonic and transonic airfoils is conducted. The optimization results show that, compared with the deterministic optimal design, the uncertain optimal design can improve the ability to resist the uncertainty perturbation of Mach number and angle of attack by reasonably balancing the deterministic performance and the uncertain performance, and optimize the average performance and performance robustness. The mean value and the standard deviation of the drag coefficient can be reduced by up to 17% and 80%, respectively. The deterministic optimization design may lead to a decrease in performance robustness.

Key words: polynomial chaos expansion, adjoint equations, uncertainty analysis, gradient optimization design, airfoil

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