An optimization technique for radial compressor impellers

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue PART C, 2008, Pages 2401-2411

  Casey, Michael ^a   Gersbach, Frank ^a   Robinson, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b PCA Engineers Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE GEOMETRY; BREEDER GENETIC ALGORITHM; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPLEX ANALYSIS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DESIGN TOOL; FAST SCREENING; GLOBAL OBJECTIVE; HILL-CLIMBING METHODS; IMPELLER DESIGN; INITIAL POPULATION; INTEGRATED DESIGN SYSTEM; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETERIZED; PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESS; RADIAL COMPRESSORS; RADIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; SOFTWARE TOOL; THROUGHFLOW;

BLOWERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; IMPELLERS; STRESSES;

DESIGN;

EID: 69949125677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-50561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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