Low-Fidelity Design Space Exploration using Pressure Signature Splicing

What is it about?

Low-fidelity design space exploration is important for initial supersonic aircraft optimization and design. However, low-fidelity aerodynamic tools have limits on the situations in which they give physically realizable results. By splicing portions of the low-fidelity signatures with a single high-fidelity signature, the design space can still be explored without resorting to high-fidelity methods for the entire design space.

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Why is it important?

Low-fidelity aerodynamic tools are useful in supersonic aircraft design optimization studies, and this methodology helps the drawbacks of those tools to be potentially mitigated.