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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dorian Frederic Marie Colas, Seattle, WA (US);
Vishvas Samuel Suryakumar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nicholas Roberts, Seattle, WA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for automatically generating an improved aircraft wing by modifying quantitative design variables of one or more airfoils based on joint analysis of aerodynamic and structural performance. In particular, the disclosed systems determine cross-sectional aerodynamic and structural performance metrics for identified airfoils. Based on cross-sectional metrics, the disclosed systems iteratively determine wing aerodynamic performance and deformation metrics across a span of the wing until arriving at an equilibrium deformation and corresponding aerodynamic metric. The disclosed systems can repeatedly analyze the aero-structural metrics for different quantitative design variables to explore a design space and generate an improved wing design while improving aerodynamic and structural performance.