Assigning multiple design surfaces for aerodynamic optimization

[AbhijithMoni]

Hi,

I would like to assign multiple design surfaces to the designSurfaceFamily option in adflow.

 aero_options = {

    "designSurfaceFamily":"wingu",
}

In the options, there is only a possibility to assign either a string or None to the designSurfaceFamily source. When I try to assign multiple surfaces I get an error which is expected based on the documentation (accepts only str).

baseclasses.utils.error.Error:
 | Error: Datatype for option designSurfaceFamily is not valid. Expected data   |
| type (<class 'str'>, <class 'NoneType'>). Received data type is <class       |
| 'list'>

In my CGNS mesh, the wing geometry that I would like to optimize contains multiple components which consist of surfaces namely: "wingu", "wingLE", "wingTE", "wingb". And fuselage and tail which are not a part of optimisation.

I would like to know if there is a workaround to solve this problem of assigning multiple design surfaces to the solver at once.

Attempting to consolidate all wing surfaces into a "wing" family using cgns_utils proved challenging due to the inherent complexity of handling multiblock meshes.

Coraser version of the mesh is attached.

uCRM_coarse.zip

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[Asthelen]

Hello, this sounds like an issue with ADflow and not MPhys. Perhaps you can try posting the issue/question there (https://github.com/mdolab/adflow) instead?

[AbhijithMoni]

It's been a couple of months since I posted my question on the ADflow platform, unfortunately, I haven't received any comments or answers. Hoping for more visibility, I brought my query here, assuming that since ADflow is an integral component of MPhys, it might get attention.

mdolab/adflow#334 (comment)

Thank you for your response. I'll take your suggestion and re-post my query in the ADflow forum.