Gradient-based aero-structural optimisation of an airfoil:
The optimisation maximises L/D at multiple operational points subject to constraints on structural stiffness parameters EI_x, EI_y, EI_p.
Participating solvers: XFOIL, BECAS ([ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ])
Optimization framework: OpenMDAO ([ Ссылка ]) using the PSQP optimiser available in PyOpt ([ Ссылка ]).
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