Research of Airfoil Optimization Based on CST Method and Genetic Algorithm

Aiming at the aerodynamic optimization problem of guided ammunition airfoil, genetic algorithm is used to optimize the lift-drag ratio of the airfoil based CST geometric description method with given inflow velocity and fixed angle of attack. Firstly, the parameter space generated by CST parameterized airfoil description method is performed with binary code and the basic operations of genetic algorithm such as selection, crossover and mutation. Then, the external CFD solver is called to automatically divide the grid and calculate the lift-drag ratio through the control script. Finally, the target solution is obtained by searching. The calculation results show that this method can obtain a optimal target solution in relative less generation for a group of airfoils generated randomly in a certain search space.