A design engineer has a desire to obtain the best possible design configuration producing the most desirable result. This is especially true in designs involving aerodynamics. This thesis presents a way to design the optimum airfoil for a non-lifting strut-like application. This is achieved by combining the governing laws of aerodynamics with appropriate numerical models to simulate an inputted steady flow regime. By using a robust yet simple parameterization method to represent airfoils and by implementing a genetic algorithm, optimization is achieved and occurs in a timely manner. Performing the optimization across a range of flow fields and for struts in different applications also allows some trends to be deduced, thus providing valuable knowledge to design engineers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/23950 |
| Date | 03 September 2014 |
| Creators | Veenendaal, Justin |
| Contributors | Derksen, Robert W. (Mechanical Engineering) Rogalsky, Tim (Mechanical Engineering), Tachie, Mark (Mechanical Engineering) Gumel, Abba (Mathematics) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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