Neural Surrogate-assisted Glider Wing Design with Stability Analysis and Multi-method Optimization

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Main Authors: Lipaei, Arash Fath, Ghaemi, AmirHossein, Sabzikari, Melika
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Published: 2025
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author Lipaei, Arash Fath
Ghaemi, AmirHossein
Sabzikari, Melika
author_facet Lipaei, Arash Fath
Ghaemi, AmirHossein
Sabzikari, Melika
contents This paper introduces a modular and scalable design optimization framework for the glider wing design process that enables faster early-phase design while ensuring aerodynamic stability. The pipeline starts with the generation of initial wing geometries and then proceeds to optimize the wing using several algorithms. Aerodynamic performance is assessed using a Vortex Lattice Method (VLM) applied to a carefully selected dataset of wing configurations. These results are employed to develop surrogate neural network models, which can predict lift and drag rapidly and accurately. A timing analysis shows that the surrogate model provides a speedup of approximately 785 times compared to the combined VLM and stability analysis, enabling efficient large-scale optimization. The stability evaluation is implemented by setting the control surfaces and components to fixed positions in order to have realistic flight dynamics. The approach unifies and compares several optimization techniques, including Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithms (GA), gradient-based MultiStart methods, Bayesian optimization, and Lipschitz optimization. Each method ensures constraint management via adaptive strategies and penalty functions, where the targets for lift and design feasibility are enforced. The progression of aerodynamic characteristics and geometries over the optimization iterations will be investigated in order to clarify each algorithm's convergence characteristics and performance efficiency. Our results show improvement in aerodynamic qualities and robust stability properties, offering a mechanism for wing design at speed and precision. In the interest of reproducibility and community development, the complete implementation is publicly available on GitHub.
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spellingShingle Neural Surrogate-assisted Glider Wing Design with Stability Analysis and Multi-method Optimization
Lipaei, Arash Fath
Ghaemi, AmirHossein
Sabzikari, Melika
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Optimization and Control
This paper introduces a modular and scalable design optimization framework for the glider wing design process that enables faster early-phase design while ensuring aerodynamic stability. The pipeline starts with the generation of initial wing geometries and then proceeds to optimize the wing using several algorithms. Aerodynamic performance is assessed using a Vortex Lattice Method (VLM) applied to a carefully selected dataset of wing configurations. These results are employed to develop surrogate neural network models, which can predict lift and drag rapidly and accurately. A timing analysis shows that the surrogate model provides a speedup of approximately 785 times compared to the combined VLM and stability analysis, enabling efficient large-scale optimization. The stability evaluation is implemented by setting the control surfaces and components to fixed positions in order to have realistic flight dynamics. The approach unifies and compares several optimization techniques, including Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithms (GA), gradient-based MultiStart methods, Bayesian optimization, and Lipschitz optimization. Each method ensures constraint management via adaptive strategies and penalty functions, where the targets for lift and design feasibility are enforced. The progression of aerodynamic characteristics and geometries over the optimization iterations will be investigated in order to clarify each algorithm's convergence characteristics and performance efficiency. Our results show improvement in aerodynamic qualities and robust stability properties, offering a mechanism for wing design at speed and precision. In the interest of reproducibility and community development, the complete implementation is publicly available on GitHub.
title Neural Surrogate-assisted Glider Wing Design with Stability Analysis and Multi-method Optimization
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08582