On the Coupling of Inverse Design and Optimization Techniques for the Multiobjective, Multipoint Design of Turbomachinery Blades

Using Automatic Optimization in Turbomachinery Design

The increasing market pressure on turbomachinery manufactures to reduce the development and design time and their associated costs is forcing turbomachinery industries to review their design systems and to consider alternative approaches for the aerodynamic design of turbomachine blades

In this paper, an optimization strategy is presented, which enables the three-dimensional multipoint, multiobjective aerodynamic optimization of turboma-chinery blades in a time frame compatible with industrial standards. The design strategy is based on the coupling of three-dimensional inverse design, response surface method, multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, and computational fluid dynamics analyses.