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The adjoint method in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) made shape optimisation affordable. However, the typical cost of the process is still at least an order of magnitude higher than obtaining a ow solution only. In this work, the author presents methods that help to further …

Engineering design often requires the optimisation of multiple objectives, and becomes significantly more difficult and time consuming when the response surfaces are multimodal, rather than unimodal. A surrogate model, also known as a metamodel, can be used to replace expensive …