用生成模型替代复杂螺旋桨,让船体优化快8%以上。
Adjoint-based shape optimization of a ship hull using a Conditional Variational Autoencoder (CVAE) assisted propulsion surrogate model
- 用条件变分自编码器构建推进系统代理模型
- 优化后阻力降低超8%,且比忽略推进器更优
- 适合需要高效船体设计的船舶工程领域
基于伴随法的船体形状优化是解决船舶设计中高维问题的强大工具,尤其适用于降低船体阻力。然而,当涉及复杂推进系统时,其应用面临巨大挑战:需进行长时间、小时间步的瞬态模拟,以及正向与伴随解的逆时序传播,导致存储和计算资源需求剧增,严重制约工业应用。为此,本文提出一种基于条件变分自编码器(CVAE)的推进系统代理模型,以数据驱动方式替代几何与时间解析的螺旋桨,复现施托夫-施奈德推进器(Voith Schneider Propeller)诱导的平均流场。正向流动验证表明,该代理模型在保持足够精度的同时实现显著计算节省。优化研究表明,忽略推进系统会导致性能劣于初始设计;而所提方法可使阻力减少超过8%。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Adjoint-based shape optimization of ship hulls is a powerful tool for addressing high-dimensional design problems in naval architecture, particularly in minimizing the ship resistance. However, its application to vessels that employ complex propulsion systems introduces significant challenges. They arise from the need for transient simulations extending over long periods of time with small time steps and from the reverse temporal propagation of the primal and adjoint solutions. These challenges place considerable demands on the required storage and computing power, which significantly hamper the use of adjoint methods in the industry. To address this issue, we propose a machine learning-assisted optimization framework that employs a Conditional Variational Autoencoder-based surrogate model of the propulsion system. The surrogate model replicates the time-averaged flow field induced by a Voith Schneider Propeller and replaces the geometrically and time-resolved propeller with a data-driven approximation. Primal flow verification examples demonstrate that the surrogate model achieves significant computational savings while maintaining the necessary accuracy of the resolved propeller. Optimization studies show that ignoring the propulsion system can yield designs that perform worse than the initial shape. In contrast, the proposed method produces shapes that achieve more than an 8\% reduction in resistance.
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