Genetic algorithm for preliminary design optimisation of high-performance axial-flow compressors

• Grant number: 10/12296-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Propulsion
• Principal Investigator: Joao Roberto Barbosa
• Grantee: Victor Fujii Ando
• Host Institution: Divisão de Engenharia Mecânica (IEM). Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA). Ministério da Defesa (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This proposal concerns a research project to be developed at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) during the Masters degree of Victor Fujii Ando. The research consists in the project optimization of a high-performance axial compressor. The streamline curvature technique and losses models, as well as a preliminary version of the compressor design computer program will be used. The optimization will be achieved using a commercial software.The procedures to be developed aim at calculation steps simplification, which are required in the project of this kind of equipment. Moreover, the use of computational resources allows a timely evaluation of many project configurations, which permits the acquisition of the best efficiency for a given application. (AU)