Optimization has long been considered as a means to solve the aerodynamic design problem in a formal and general manner. Early work by Hicks, Murman, and Vanderplaats [1, 2] investigated this possibility for transonic airfoil flows, with the results being encouraging but showing some rather unexpected results and difficulties. These early efforts were characterized by relatively few design para...

An overview of the magnetostatic field synthesis method, Variable Field Generation (VFG), and results from applying it to a test case to design magneto-plasma-aerodynamic (MPAD) devices to observe algorithm performance in the MATLAB programming environment are presented in this paper. The algorithm applied to this test case included integrating the Magnetostatic module of the finite element sof...

This work discusses an approach, Ž rst-order approximation andmodelmanagement optimization (AMMO), for solving design optimization problems that involve computationally expensive simulations. AMMO maximizes the use of lower-Ž delity, cheaper models in iterative procedures with occasional, but systematic, recourse to higherŽ delity, more expensive models for monitoring the progress of design opt...