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arXiv:2609.17160v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine-learning surrogate models offer a promising alternative to high-fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations for aerodynamic analysi...
The paper presents a dataset of roughly 10,000 RANS simulations of steady, incompressible, two‑dimensional subsonic flow around downforce‑generating NACA 4‑digit airfoils, aimed at automotive and motorsport regimes. It explores geometry‑conditioned neural surrogates—comparing neural fields, neural ODEs, MLPs, graph models, and spectral conditioning—and introduces Airfoil2Vec, a spectral geometry encoder that fuses joint contour, camber, and thickness spectra to predict continuous pressure and velocity fields. The surrogate models are evaluated on angle‑of‑attack interpolation, unseen NACA geometries, and non‑NACA airfoils, achieving accurate aerodynamic predictions with orders‑of‑magnitude speedups over traditional CFD.
arXiv:2609.08947v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Graph-based surrogate models offer a promising route to accelerate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations on unstructured meshes. However, th...
The paper introduces a correction framework that grounds a CFD-trained deep learning surrogate model for aerospace aerodynamics using wind‑tunnel pressure‑sensor (PSP) data. By training a correction network on spatially registered PSP measurements at two Mach numbers, the authors adjust the surrogate’s predictions without retraining its core parameters, achieving improved agreement with experimental pressure distributions—especially at the wing suction peak and shock location. The grounded surrogate matches measurements within 2.3–2.7% of the Cp range on unseen angles of attack and outperforms simple interpolation between measured states.
arXiv:2608. 07722v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-fidelity immersed-boundary simulation resolves the coupled motion of a deforming swimmer and its surrounding flow, but the resulting cost limits repeated evaluations for engineering design, parameter studies, and control.
arXiv:2606. 15356v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate prediction of hydrodynamic performance is central to ship design, yet high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics remains prohibitively expensive for large-scale parametric exploration.