人工智能与空气动力学结合的初步思考

以人工智能为核心的新一轮技术革命及产业变革正在影响着社会的各个领域,世界各航空航天大国均在人工智能与空气动力学的结合方面开展了许多有益的尝试与探索。本文回顾了人工智能技术的发展历程及现状,重点讨论了大数据时代背景下人工智能在风洞试验、数值计算和飞行试验等空气动力学研究的三大手段上的应用,详细分析了人工智能在辅助海量气动数据分析与知识发现上发挥的作用,探讨了人工智能在气动建模与先进飞行器设计中蕴藏的应用价值,并指出了人工智能与空气动力学相结合所带来的挑战。

Preliminary Thoughts on the Combination of Artificial Intelligence and Aerodynamics

There are a great deal of influence on many fields of society as a result of the new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution centered on artificial intelligence. All the aerospace powers have conducted many useful experiments and explorations in the combination of artificial intelligence and aerodynamics. The development history and status quo of artificial intelligence technology are reviewed in this paper, the applications of artificial intelligence in wind tunnel test, numerical calculation and flight test are discussed in the background of big data era, the role of artificial intelligence in assisting mass aerodynamic data analysis and knowledge discovery is analyzed in detail, the application values of artificial intelligence in aerodynamic modeling and advanced aircraft design are investigated, the future development direction and challenges of combination of artificial intelligence and aerodynamics are prospected.