A fast iterative inverse method for turbomachinery blade design

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 630-637

  Pascoa J C ^a   Mendes, A C ^a   Gato, L M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blade design; Compressible flow; Euler equations; Inverse method; Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

BLADE CASCADES; BLADE DESIGN; BLADE SECTIONS; BLADE THICKNESS; CONVERGENCE RATES; DESIGN CONDITIONS; DESIGN ITERATIONS; DESIGN VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; FINITE VOLUMES; FLOW-FIELD; INVERSE DESIGN METHODS; INVERSE METHOD; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; NUMERICAL DOMAINS; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TIME-MARCHING;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; EULER EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTICAL DEVICES; THICKNESS CONTROL; TURBOMACHINERY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549164701     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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