3DOPT - An integrated system for aerodynamic design optimization
William Herling, Stephen T. LeDoux, Robert Ratcliff, David A. Treiber, Matthew J. Warfield, Howard T. Emsley · 1998
This paper presents the results of a three-year contract to develop a 3-Dimensional Design Optimization (3DOPT) system for the Air Force Research Laboratory (formerly Wright Laboratory) under Contract F33615-94-3001. Development work under this contract has led to the release of an optimization system that will perform wing alone, or wing in the presence of a body, optimizations using potential flow, Euler or Navier-Stokes level physics in an automated, approximate model framework. Target turnaround times of 3 days for Navier-Stokes and 1 day for Euler flow analyses are achievable with this. The released 3DOPT system is comprised of a collection of technology modules that address all aspects of the optimization process.