Transonic axial-flow blade optimization: Evolutionary algorithms/three- dimensional Navier-Stokes solver

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 612-619

  Oyama, Akira ^a,c,d   Liou, Meng Sing ^a,e   Obayashi, Shigeru ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Turbomachinery Division   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Turbomachinery Systems Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COSTS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLOW PATTERNS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROTORS; TRANSONIC FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT; FLOW LOSSES; MACH NUMBER;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 3843111087     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.2290     Document Type: Article

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