A Low-Fidelity Method for Aerofoil Shape Optimisation for Curvilinear Blade Kinematics
This study develops a low-fidelity framework for aerofoil shape optimisation under curvilinear blade kinematics, using a hovering cyclorotor as a representative case. Aerofoil optimisation can improve cyclorotor efficiency by suppressing leading-edge vortex separation during dynamic stall, but conventional approaches r...