流体流动中波状游动平板最优运动的数值方法

提出了一种求解波状游动平板最优运动方式的优化方法．最优化问题表述为固定推力的条件下,使得输入功率最小．由于存在不可见模态,使得该问题具有奇性,用通常的Lagrange乘子法计算得到的可能不是最优解,而是一个鞍点值．为了消除这一奇性,增加了一个关于幅值的不等式约束,并利用逐步二次规划的优化方法求解该问题．将该方法运用到二维和三维的波动板的几个例子上,获得了最优解．     

Numerical method for optimum motion of undulatory swimming plate in fluid flow

A numerical method for the optimum motion of an undulatory swimming plate is presented. The optimum problem is stated as minimizing the power input under the condition of fixed thrust. The problem is singular for the invisible modes, and therefore the commonly used Lagrange multiplier method cannot predict an optimum solution but just a saddle point. To eliminate the singularity, an additional amplitude inequality constraint is added to the problem. A numerical optimization code with a sequential quadratic programming method is used to solve the problem. The method is applied to several cases of the motion of two-dimensional and three-dimensional undulatory plates, and the optimum results are obtained.