Multilevel parametrization for aerodynamical optimization of 3D shapes

Abstract We introduce and discuss a combination of methods and options that aim at the aerodynamical optimization of a flow around an arbitrary aircraft shape. The flow is governed by the Euler equations, discretized by a mixed element-volume method on a fixed unstructured tetrahedrization. The shape parametrization relies on the skin of the above mesh through a hierarchical representation. Descent-type and one-shot algorithms are devised and adapted to the solution of a few model problems.

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