Author(s)

Wei Li

Affiliation(s)

School of Air Transportation, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China.

Corresponding Author

Wei Li

ABSTRACT

To address the challenge of balancing modeling efficiency and computational accuracy in traditional wing design, this paper proposes a collaborative optimization method based on OpenVSP parametric modeling and high-fidelity CFD analysis using ANSYS. A parametric wing model is created in OpenVSP, and aerodynamic performance simulations are conducted in ANSYS Workbench. Case studies show that this method reduces the time for a single design iteration to 3.5 hours while maintaining lift coefficient errors below 8%, achieving a 68% improvement in efficiency compared to conventional processes.

KEYWORDS

OpenVSP; ANSYS Fluent; Parametric modeling; Aerodynamic optimization; Co-simulation

CITE THIS PAPER

Wei Li. Aircraft wing design through integration of openvsp and ansys. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Mechanical Engineering. 2025, 3(1): 5-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/msme3013.

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