Wing sample generation

Blackbox also provides a module for generating wing samples. The WingFFD module provides various methods for running analysis and generating wing data with FFD Parametrization. This module supports two types of solver: ADflow and DAFoam. To use this module, two files are requried:

• Volume mesh in cgns format which defines computational mesh for the analysis

• FFD file in plot3d format which defines a FFD box around the wing

Unlike airfoil sample generation, whenever shape of the wing is modified using FFD, the volume mesh is deformed using idwarp. So, ensure that idwarp is installed before using this module, refer installation details.

There are other required files depending on the solver, refer below sections to know more about how to use this module. All the examples used in below sections can be found in examples directory on github.

Table of Contents

• Sample generation using ADflow
  • Setting up options
  • Adding design variables
  • Generating samples and accessing data
• Sample generation using DAFoam
  • Setting up options
  • Adding design variables
  • Generating samples and accessing data
  • Extracting surface force data
• Options
  • Mandatory arguments
  • Optional arguments