Aeroacoustic optimization for axial fans with the Lattice-Boltzmann method

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 743-752

  Stadler, Michael ^a   Schmitz, Michael B ^b   Ragg, Peter ^b   Holman, David M ^c   Brionnaud, Ruddy ^c  

^a Ninsight   (Austria)

^b Ebm papst St Georgen   (Germany)

^c Next Limit Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AEROACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FANS; FLOW SEPARATION; KINETIC THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AXIAL FANS; GENETIC OPTIMIZATION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; PARAMETRIC MODELS; SMALL AXIAL FANS; TURBULATORS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84881304265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2012-69081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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