Multidisciplinary Design Optimization with CFD in OpenMDAO
Channel: OpenMDAO
Date: 2020-01-20

Anil Yildirim, student at the University of Michigan MDO lab,  presents work on using OpenMDAO to do optimization with CFD in the loop for boundary layer ingestion applications. 

Note: Anil spoke first on day 2 of the workshop. He opens with a joke about go-karting, which won't make sense unless you actually attended the workshop. The evening of day 1, there was a go-karting competition at a nearby electric go-kart track (Anil came in 2nd place). We'll definitely do that again at the 2020 workshop! 

Related publications: 
A. Yildirim, Gray, J. S., Mader, C. A., and Martins, J. R. R. A., “Aeropropulsive Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion System”, in AIAA AVIATION Forum, Dallas, TX, 2019.
(http://mdolab.engin.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Yildirim2019a-Aeropropulsive%20Design%20Optimization%20of%20a%20Boundary%20Layer%20Ingestion%20System.pdf)

J. S.Gray and J. R. R. A. Martins, “Coupled Aeropropulsive Design Optimization of a Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsor,” The Aeronautical Journal, vol. 123, p. 121–137, 2018.
(http://openmdao.org/pubs/gray_bli_opt_2018.pdf)