Projecte assignat
Títol: Interactive Framework for Inverse Design and Aerodynamic Optimization of 2D Airfoils
Director/a: ALTMEYER, SEBASTIÁN ANDREAS
Departament: FIS
Títol: Interactive Framework for Inverse Design and Aerodynamic Optimization of 2D Airfoils
Data inici oferta: 14-07-2026 Data finalització oferta: 14-03-2027
Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN- GR ENG SIST AEROESP
- GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
| Tipus: Individual | |
| Lloc de realització: EETAC | |
| Paraules clau: | |
| Computational fluid dynamics, invers design, aerodynamic optimization, drag reduction, efficiency | |
| Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats: | |
| The aerospace industry relies on the continuous upgrading of available technology and the testing of novel concepts to ensure that there is a demand for aircraft design investments. These improvements in aircraft design will have a substantial impact on the aircraft's aerodynamic efficiency and structural design.
This thesis proposes the development of an interactive computing framework designed to automate the inverse design and aerodynamic optimization of 2D airfoils. The system will integrate heuristic optimization algorithms with state-of-the-art fast aerodynamic solvers to dynamically evaluate thousands of candidate geometries. Users will be able to input operational mission parameters (such as aircraft weight, speed, and operational altitude) through an interactive web interface, visualizing in real-time the geometric evolution of the optimal airfoil synthesized by the algorithm. The core value of this project lies in the aerodynamic modeling of the problem, translating commercial requirements into physical fluid dynamics variables (Re, M, C_L) and formulating multi-criteria objective functions that balance aerodynamic efficiency, structural viability (relative thickness), and longitudinal stability (C_m). The expected outcome is a validated aerodynamic assessment optimization in airfoil designs and offering guidance for future improvements and more advanced studies. |
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| Orientació a l'estudiant: | |
| The student will learn the main features regarding aerodynamic concepts and
state-of-the-art algorithms in optimization. She/He has to analyze the crucial operational mission parameters, as weight and speed. She/He has to become familiarize with an interactive web interface in order to visualize real-time geometric evolution of the optimal airfoil synthesized by the algorithm. Programming languages as Ansys, SolidWorks software, and Python will be learned and/or deepen. Simulations will be performed via AnsysFluent in order to evaluate the aerodynamic performance. Supervisor and student will meet regular basis about once a week to evaluate the progress and discuss the following steps. In case of bigger problems the student can approach the supervisor any time in order to solve the problems as soon as possible in order to avoid any hold backs. |
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| Requereix activitats hardware: No | |
| Requereix activitats software: No | |
| Horari d'atenció a estudiants per a l'assignació de projecte: Regular meetings of about 1-2h will be setup weekly in order to check, discuss and evaluate the progress as well to plan the following steps. In case of bigger problems extraordinary meetings will be done as soon as possible. |
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