Citation

If you use pyGeo, please cite the following paper:

H. Hajdik, A. Yildirim, N. Wu, B. Brelje, S. Seraj, M. Mangano, J. Anibal, E. Jonsson, E. Adler, C. A. Mader, G. Kenway, and J. R. R. A. Martins. pyGeo: A geometry package for multidisciplinary design optimization. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(87), 5319, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05319

The paper is available online from the Journal of Open Source Software here. To cite this paper, you can use the following BibTeX entry:

@article{Hajdik2023,
    doi = {10.21105/joss.05319},
    year = {2023},
    publisher = {The Open Journal},
    volume = {8},
    number = {87},
    pages = {5319},
    author = {Hannah M. Hajdik and Anil Yildirim and Neil Wu and Benjamin J. Brelje and Sabet Seraj and Marco Mangano and Joshua L. Anibal and Eirikur Jonsson and Eytan J. Adler and Charles A. Mader and Gaetan K. W. Kenway and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins},
    title = {{pyGeo}: A geometry package for multidisciplinary design optimization},
    journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}
}

For more background and theory on the FFD implementation, see this paper.

G. K. W. Kenway, G. J. Kennedy, and J. R. R. A. Martins, “A CAD-Free Approach to High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization”, in Proceedings of the 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, TX, 2010.

@conference {Kenway2010,
    title = {A {CAD}-Free Approach to High-Fidelity Aerostructural Optimization},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference},
    year = {2010},
    note = {AIAA 2010-9231},
    month = {September},
    address = {Fort Worth,~TX},
    author = {Gaetan K. W. Kenway and Graeme J. Kennedy and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins}
}