Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Efficient Robust Design Optimization (RDO) strategies coupling a parsimonious uncertainty quantification (UQ) method with a surrogate-based multi-objective genetic algorithm (SMOGA) are investigated for a test problem in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), namely the inverse robust design of an expa...

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Main Authors: Aldo Serafino, Benoit Obert, Paola Cinnella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/13/10/248
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description Efficient Robust Design Optimization (RDO) strategies coupling a parsimonious uncertainty quantification (UQ) method with a surrogate-based multi-objective genetic algorithm (SMOGA) are investigated for a test problem in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), namely the inverse robust design of an expansion nozzle. The low-order statistics (mean and variance) of the stochastic cost function are computed through either a gradient-enhanced kriging (GEK) surrogate or through the less expensive, lower fidelity, first-order method of moments (MoM). Both the continuous (non-intrusive) and discrete (intrusive) adjoint methods are evaluated for computing the gradients required for GEK and MoM. In all cases, the results are assessed against a reference kriging UQ surrogate not using gradient information. Subsequently, the GEK and MoM UQ solvers are fused together to build a multi-fidelity surrogate with adaptive infill enrichment for the SMOGA optimizer. The resulting hybrid multi-fidelity SMOGA RDO strategy ensures a good tradeoff between cost and accuracy, thus representing an efficient approach for complex RDO problems.
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spelling doaj.art-3a44f7fe9d134262867438ac6e14a16d2023-11-20T15:37:58ZengMDPI AGAlgorithms1999-48932020-09-01131024810.3390/a13100248Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid DynamicsAldo Serafino0Benoit Obert1Paola Cinnella2Enertime, 1 rue du Moulin des Bruyères, 92400 Courbevoie, FranceEnertime, 1 rue du Moulin des Bruyères, 92400 Courbevoie, FranceLaboratoire Dynfluid, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 151 blvd de l’hopital, 75013 Paris, FranceEfficient Robust Design Optimization (RDO) strategies coupling a parsimonious uncertainty quantification (UQ) method with a surrogate-based multi-objective genetic algorithm (SMOGA) are investigated for a test problem in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), namely the inverse robust design of an expansion nozzle. The low-order statistics (mean and variance) of the stochastic cost function are computed through either a gradient-enhanced kriging (GEK) surrogate or through the less expensive, lower fidelity, first-order method of moments (MoM). Both the continuous (non-intrusive) and discrete (intrusive) adjoint methods are evaluated for computing the gradients required for GEK and MoM. In all cases, the results are assessed against a reference kriging UQ surrogate not using gradient information. Subsequently, the GEK and MoM UQ solvers are fused together to build a multi-fidelity surrogate with adaptive infill enrichment for the SMOGA optimizer. The resulting hybrid multi-fidelity SMOGA RDO strategy ensures a good tradeoff between cost and accuracy, thus representing an efficient approach for complex RDO problems.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/13/10/248robust design optimizationuncertainty quantificationgradient enhanced krigingmethod of momentsmulti-fidelity surrogatecontinuous adjoint
spellingShingle Aldo Serafino
Benoit Obert
Paola Cinnella
Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Algorithms
robust design optimization
uncertainty quantification
gradient enhanced kriging
method of moments
multi-fidelity surrogate
continuous adjoint
title Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
title_full Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
title_fullStr Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
title_short Multi-Fidelity Gradient-Based Strategy for Robust Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics
title_sort multi fidelity gradient based strategy for robust optimization in computational fluid dynamics
topic robust design optimization
uncertainty quantification
gradient enhanced kriging
method of moments
multi-fidelity surrogate
continuous adjoint
url https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/13/10/248
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