An adjoint-based shape-optimization method for aerodynamic design

This thesis presents a shape optimization framework for problems that are encountered routinely in Aerodynamic Design. The nature of the framework is numerical. Its focus is wide as different aspects of the shape optimization practice are treated, e.g., the solution of the flow equations, the sensitivity analysis and the parameterization of the...

Progress report of the development of a system for the numerical simulation of Euler flows, with results of preliminary 3D propellersllpstream/exhaust-jet calculations