Efficient Monolithic Solution Algorithm for High-Fidelity Aerostructural Analysis and Optimization
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Abstract
An efficient and robust solution algorithm for the aerostructural analysis and coupled adjoint problems is crucial to the success of high-fidelity aerostructural optimization. The objective of the present paper is to investigate ways to maximize the efficiency of a monolithic solution method and further quantify its benefits in the context of aerostructural optimization. A Newton–Krylov method is used for the aerostructural analysis, and a preconditioned Krylov subspace method is used for the coupled adjoint solution. Several aspects of the monolithic solution method have been investigated. These include appropriate strategies for scaling and matrix–vector product evaluations as well as block Jacobi and block Gauss–Seidel preconditioning techniques that preserve the modularity between subproblems. The monolithic solution method is applied to problems with varying degrees of fluid–structure coupling as well as a wing-span optimization study. In most cases, the monolithic solution algorithm requires 20–70% less computing time than its partitioned counterpart. This advantage increases with increasing wing flexibility. Robustness of the monolithic solution method is shown via its reduced sensitivity to the choice of problem-dependent solution parameters as well as its ability to converge when the partitioned method fails.
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