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Handbook of Turbomachinery Second Edition Revised - Ventech!

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INTRODUCTION<br />

9<br />

Multidisciplinary Design<br />

Optimization for <strong>Turbomachinery</strong><br />

John N. Rajadas<br />

Arizona State University East, Mesa, Arizona, U.S.A.<br />

Modern engineering design processes exhibit a multidisciplinary outlook<br />

involving high-fidelity analyses and fast and efficient computational tools.<br />

The design processes are capable <strong>of</strong> addressing multiple disciplines in a<br />

coupled and structured format unlike the ad-hoc and empirical methods<br />

used in the recent past. More accurate models are replacing empirical and/or<br />

simplified ones and, with the advent <strong>of</strong> powerful computers, more detailed<br />

and accurate evaluation <strong>of</strong> performance characteristics <strong>of</strong> complex<br />

engineering systems is feasible now. Of particular significance in this regard<br />

is the recent advances made in the area <strong>of</strong> aerospace systems design. The<br />

development <strong>of</strong> highly accurate flow solvers and efficient computational<br />

algorithms has led to a wide range <strong>of</strong> design applications such as aircraft<br />

wing design, helicopter rotor blade design, and turbomachinery design. The<br />

primary goal <strong>of</strong> any design process is to end up with an optimum design that<br />

meets all the design objectives subject to all the constraints imposed on the<br />

design. Formal optimization techniques are increasingly being used as part<br />

Copyright © 2003 Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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