Continuum Sensitivity Method for Nonlinear Dynamic Aeroelasticity

In this dissertation, a continuum sensitivity method is developed for efficient and accurate computation of design derivatives for nonlinear aeroelastic structures subject to transient<br />aerodynamic loads. The continuum sensitivity equations (CSE) are a set of linear partial<br />differential equations (PDEs) obtained by differentiating the original governing equations of<br />the physical system. The linear CSEs may be solved by using the same numerical method<br />used for the original analysis problem. The material (total) derivative, the local (partial)<br />derivative, and their relationship is introduced for shape sensitivity analysis. The CSEs are<br />often posed in terms of local derivatives (local form) for fluid applications and in terms of total<br />derivatives (total form) for structural applications. The local form CSE avoids computing<br />mesh sensitivity throughout the domain, as required by discrete analytic sensitivity methods.<br />The application of local form CSEs to built-up structures is investigated. The difficulty<br />of implementing local form CSEs for built-up structures due to the discontinuity of local<br />sensitivity variables is pointed out and a special treatment is introduced. The application<br />of the local form and the total form CSE methods to aeroelastic problems are compared.<br />Their advantages and disadvantages are discussed, based on their derivations, efficiency,<br />and accuracy. Under certain conditions, the total form continuum method is shown to be<br />equivalent to the analytic discrete method, after discretization, for systems governed by a<br />general second-order PDE. The advantage of the continuum sensitivity method is that less<br />information of the source code of the analysis solver is required. Verification examples are<br />solved for shape sensitivity of elastic, fluid and aeroelastic problems.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aerospace Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Liu, Shaobin

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Canfield, Robert A.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hajj, Muhammad R.
• Kapania, Rakesh K.
• Roy, Christopher J.
• Patil, Mayuresh J.

• Continuum Sensitivity
• Shape Sensitivity
• Aeroelasticity
• Optimization
• Fluid-structure interaction

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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vt_gsexam:1344

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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/23282