An Automated 3D Turbomachinery Design and Optimization System
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Authors
Nemnem, Ahmed F.
Turner, Mark G.
Siddappaji, Kiran
Gannon, Anthony J.
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turbomachinery
optimization
design
transonic
fan
optimization
design
transonic
fan
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2015-11
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November 2015
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Abstract
An automated turbomachinery design and optimization system is introduced. An existing splittered transonic fan is used as a test case. The flow path and the geometrical properties of the rotor are initially created using one dimensional and axi-symmetric design analysis code. The blades are parametrically designed using a three dimensional blade geometry builder (3DBGB) which includes a large design space with few parameters. The solid model creation of the rotor sector with periodic boundaries is automated using MATLAB code directly connected to SolidWorks. A mechanical optimization is performed using ANSYS Static Structural Module to ensure the blade(s) meets the given strength constraints with mass minimization. Once accepted, a CFD optimization is performed to evaluate efficiency and stall margin objective functions.
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Article
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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15 p.
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Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST)
ISSN: 3159-0040
Vol. 2 Issue 11, November - 2015
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.