Global- and local-shape aerodynamic optimization of turbine blades

Collection of Technical Papers - 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 414-422

  Mengistu, Temesgen ^a,c   Ghaly, Wahid ^a,c   Mansour, Tarek ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE   (Canada)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGN; FLOW SIMULATION; TURBINE BLADES; WEDGE ANGLE;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 33846543323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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