Return to search

Quasi 3D Multi-stage Turbomachinery Pre-optimizer

A pre-optimizer has been developed which modifies existing turbomachinery blades to create new geometries with improved selected aerodynamic coefficients calculated using a linear panel method. These blade rows can then be further refined using a Navier-Stokes method for evaluation. This pre-optimizer was developed in hopes of reducing the overall CPU time required for optimization when using only Navier-Stokes evaluations. The primary method chosen to effect this optimization is a parallel evolutionary algorithm. Variations of this method have been analyzed and compared for convergence and degree of improvement. Test cases involved both single and multiple row turbomachinery. For each case, both single and multiple criteria fitness evaluations were used.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-4706
Date04 August 2001
CreatorsBurdyshaw, Chad Eric
PublisherScholars Junction
Source SetsMississippi State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceTheses and Dissertations

Page generated in 0.0017 seconds