Aerodynamic design optimization of a staggered rotors octocopter based on surrogate model

• Main Authors: Zhu, He, Nie, Hong, Zhang, Limao, Deng, Siqiang, Wei, Xiaohui
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Optimization; Genetic Algorithm
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160502
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Improving aerodynamic performance with limited dimensions is becoming more important in the design of multirotor aircraft. Complex coupling interactions exist between the structural parameters and aerodynamic performance of the double-layer staggered rotor octocopter. This paper develops an integrat...