A Shape Optimization Method in Viscous Flow Using Acoustic Velocity and Four-step Explicit Scheme

The purpose of this study is to derive optimal shapes of a body located in viscous flows by the finite element method using the acoustic velocity and the four-step explicit scheme. The formulation is based on an optimal control theory in which a performance function of the fluid force is introduced. The performance function should be minimized satisfying the state equation. This problem can be transformed into the minimization problem without constraint conditions by using the adjoint equation with adjoint variables corresponding to the state equation. The performance function is defined by the drag and lift forces acting on the body. The weighted gradient method is applied as a minimization technique, the Galerkin finite element method is used as a spatial discretization and the four-step explicit scheme is used as a temporal discretization to solve the state equation and the adjoint equation. As the interpolation, the orthogonal basis bubble function for velocity and the linear function for pressure are employed. In case that the orthogonal basis bubble function is used, the mass matrix can be diagonalized without any artificial centralization. The shape optimization is performed by the presented method.

Authors:

• Yoichi Hikino
• Mutsuto Kawahara

Keywords:

• Shape Optimization
• Optimal Control Theory
• Finite Element Method
• Weighted Gradient Method
• Fluid Force
• Orthogonal Basis Bubble Function
• Four-step Explicit Scheme
• Acoustic Velocity.

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