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Development of Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Program for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade (수평축 풍력 블레이드 공력 형상 최적화 설계 프로그램 개발)

  • Yoo, Cheol;Son, Eunkuk;Hwang, Sungmok;Choi, Jungchul;Lee, Jin-Jae;Kim, Seokwoo;Lee, Gwang-Se
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, the aerodynamic design process of wind turbine blades is established. The optimization design strategy is presented and the constraints that must be reviewed during the aerodynamic design process are summarized. Based on this, this study developed a BEMT-based aerodynamic optimal design program that can be applied easily to actual work, not only for research purposes, but also can be integrated from the initial concept design stage to the final 3D shape detail design stage. The developed program AeroDA consisted of a concept design module, basic design module, optimal TSR module, local shape optimization module, performance analysis module, design verification module, and 3D shape generation module. Using the developed program, an improved design of the 5MW blade by NREL was made, and it was confirmed that this program could be used for design optimization. In addition, a 10kW blade aerodynamic design and turbine detailed performance analysis were carried out, and it was verified by a comparison with the commercial program DNVGL Bladed.

Nose Shape Optimization of the High-speed Train to Reduce the Aerodynamic drag and Micro-pressure Wave (공기저항과 미기압파 저감을 위한 고속전철 전두부형상의 최적화설계)

  • Kwon, Hyeok-Bin;Kim, Yu-Shin;Lee, Dong-Ho;Kim, Moon-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06e
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    • pp.373-379
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    • 2001
  • When a train runs into a tunnel at high-speed, aerodynamic drag suddenly increases and the booming noise is generated at the exit of tunnel. The noise shape is very important to reduce the aerodynamic drag in tunnel as well as on open ground, and the micro-pressure wave that is a source of booming noise is dependent on nose shape, especially on area distribution. In this study, the nose shape has been optimized employing the response surface methodology and the axi-symmetric compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The optimal designs have been executed imposing various conditions of the aerodynamic drag and the micro-pressure wave on object functions. The results show that the multi-objective design was successful to decrease micro-pressure wave and aerodynamic drag of trains.

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Aerodynamic Optimization of Helicopter Blade Planform (I): Design Optimization Techniques (헬리콥터 블레이드 플랜폼 공력 최적설계(I): 최적설계 기법)

  • Kim, Chang-Joo;Park, Soo-Hyung;O, Seon-Gu;Kim, Seung-Ho;Jeong, Gi-Hun;Kim, Seung-Beom
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.11
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    • pp.1049-1059
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    • 2010
  • This paper treats the aerodynamic optimization of the blade planform for helicopters. The blade shapes, which should be determined during the threedimensional aerodynamic configuration design step, are defined and are parameterized using the B$\acute{e}$zier curves. This research focuses on the design approaches generally adopted by industries and or research institutes using their own experiences and know-hows for the parameterization and for the definition of design constraints. The hover figure of merit and the equivalent lift-to-drag ratio for the forward flight are used to define the objective function. The resultant nonlinear programming (NLP) problem is solved using the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method. The applications show the present method can design the important planform shapes such as the airfoil distribution, twist and chord variations in the efficient manner.

Design Optimization of a Single-Stage Transonic Axial Compressor and Test Evaluation of Its Aerodynamic Performance (1단 천음속 축류압축기의 최적 설계 및 공력 성능 시험 평가)

  • Park, Tae Choon;Kang, Young-Seok;Hwang, Oh-Sik;Song, Ji-Han;Lim, Byeung Jun
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2012
  • The aerodynamic performance of a single-stage transonic axial compressor was experimentally evaluated by measuring pressure and temperature distribution at the inlet and outlet of the compressor. The compressor was developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute through multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) method, especially integrating aerodynamic performance and structural stability. The test results show that the pressure ratio is 1.65 and the efficiency is 85.8 % at design point, where the corrected speed is 22,000 rpm and the corrected mass flow rate is 15.4 kg/s, and it has a good agreement with the design target and computational results. The distribution of pressure ratio is very steep at design speed, compared with the trend of other subsonic compressors. Also the static pressure distribution on the stator casing shows that the blade loading is gradually increasing through the stage as designed.

Aerodynamic shape optimization of a high-rise rectangular building with wings

  • Paul, Rajdip;Dalui, Sujit Kumar
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.259-274
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    • 2022
  • The present paper is focused on analyzing a set of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation data on reducing orthogonal peak base moment coefficients on a high-rise rectangular building with wings. The study adopts an aerodynamic optimization procedure (AOP) composed of CFD, artificial neural network (ANN), and genetic algorithm (G.A.). A parametric study is primarily accomplished by altering the wing positions with 3D transient CFD analysis using k - ε turbulence models. The CFD technique is validated by taking up a wind tunnel test. The required design parameters are obtained at each design point and used for training ANN. The trained ANN models are used as surrogates to conduct optimization studies using G.A. Two single-objective optimizations are performed to minimize the peak base moment coefficients in the individual directions. An additional multiobjective optimization is implemented with the motivation of diminishing the two orthogonal peak base moments concurrently. Pareto-optimal solutions specifying the preferred building shapes are offered.

Application of the Automatic Differentiation to Aerodynamic Design Optimization (자동미분의 공력최적설계 적용)

  • Lee Jaehun;Kim Suwhan;Ahn Joongki;Kwon Jang Hyuk
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.181-186
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    • 2004
  • In gradient based optimization methods, the finite differencing which uses small perturbations in the design variables has been used to calculate the sensitivity. Recently, the automatic differentiation has been widely studied to calculate the function value and the sensitivities simultaneously. In this paper, the applicability of the automatic differentiation In the aerodynamic design optimization is studied. ADIFOR and TAPENADE are used to generate the codes which give the function value and the sensitivities for 2D compressible inviscid flows.

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Optimal Design for the Nose Shape of Commercial High-speed Train Using Function of Train Configuration (열차형상함수를 이용한 상용 고속열차 전두부 형상 최적설계)

  • Kwak, Minho;Yun, Suhwan;Park, Choonsoo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.279-288
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    • 2015
  • Using the Vehicle Modeling Function, which can model various 3D nose shapes, nose shape optimization is performed to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the KTX Sancheon. 2D characteristic shapes of the KTX Sancheon nose were extracted and a base model of the KTX Sancheon was constructed for design optimization using the Vehicle Modeling Function. The design space was constructed with the base model and does not violate the shape constraints of commercial trains. Through nose shape optimization with the Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno algorithm, the aerodynamic drag of the optimized shape was reduced by 6% compared to that of the base model. The longer nose and sharper edge of the optimized shape weaken the vortices behind the last car and can reduce the aerodynamic drag.

Development of a Predicting Program of Vehicle Aerodynamic Drag and Optimization of Shape Parameters (자동차 공력저항 예측 프로그램 개발 및 형상인자의 최적화)

  • 한석영;맹주성;김무상;박재용
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.223-227
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    • 2002
  • Wind tunnel test or CFD is used for predicting aerodynamic drag coefficient in domestic motor companies. But, wind tunnel test requires much cost and time, and CFD has a relatively large error. In this study a predicting program of the aerodynamic drag coefficient based on empirical techniques was developed. Also GRG method was added to the program in order to decide optimal values of some parameters. The program was applied to 24 cars and the aerodynamic drag coefficients were predicted with 4.82% average error. Optimization was also accomplished to 6 cars. Some parameters to be modified were determined (1) to reduce the afterbody drag coefficient to the value established by a designer and (2) to preserve the same drag coefficient as the original automotive when some parameters have to be changed in the viewpoint of design. It was verified that the developed program can predict the aerodynamic drag coefficient appropriately and determine optimal values of some parameters.

AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF UAV ROTOR BLADES USING A GENETIC ALGORITHM AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (유전 알고리즘과 인공 신경망 기법을 이용한 무인항공기 로터 블레이드 공력 최적설계)

  • Lee, H.M.;Ryu, J.K.;Ahn, S.J.;Kwon, O.J.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2014
  • In the present study, an aerodynamic design optimization of UAV rotor blades was conducted using a genetic algorithm(GA) coupled with computational fluid dynamics(CFD). To reduce computational cost in making databases, a function approximation was applied using artificial neural networks(ANN) based on a radial basis function network. Three dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) solver was used to solve the flow around UAV rotor blades. Design directions were specified to maximize thrust coefficient maintaining torque coefficient and minimize torque coefficient maintaining thrust coefficient. Design variables such as twist angle, thickness and chord length were adopted to perform a planform optimization. As a result of an optimization regarding to maximizing thrust coefficient, thrust coefficient was increased about 4.5% than base configuration. In case of an optimization minimizing torque coefficient, torque coefficient was decreased about 7.4% comparing with base configuration.