Pre and Post Processing for Large Scale Computations in Optimal Design and Control
Abstract
This report contains a summary and highlights of the work funded by the Air Force under AFOSR Grant F49620-97-1-0304, 'Pre- and Post-processing for Large Scale Computations in Optimal Design & Control'. This effort, funded under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), was conducted by the Center for Optimal Design and Control (CODAC), at Virginia Tech during the period 1 May 1997-30 April 1998. The objective of the grant was to provide enhanced computational and graphical facilities for a sensitivity-based design environment. In recent years researchers at CODAC have developed mathematical foundations and a computational framework for the rapid calculation of design-sensitivities for aerospace applications. Implementation requires approximate solution of certain linear partial differential equation. In aerodynamic applications, for example, these solutions describe in linear approximation how the flow will change with a given change in a (geometric) design parameter. We have acquired an SGI Onyx Workstation with four processors and a Fore Systems Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) data switch with twelve ports which greatly enhance our abilities in graphical representations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 04, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA385584
Entities
People
- E. M. Cliff
- John A. Burns
Organizations
- Virginia Tech