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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Cranfield University
Biobjective design optimization for axial compressors using tabu search
This work extended previous optimisation of current Rolls-Royce compressor blades in collaboration with Cambridge University Engineering Design Centre. It led onto one of one of the first true multi-objective optimisations for all four unconstrained design parameters, explaining earlier, experimental- findings. (contact Geoff Parks gtp10@cam.ac.uk)
The methods have now been adopted across a wide range of multi-disciplinary aerodynamic applications including projects (total value £350k) funded by Airbus (Murray.Cross@airbus.com) and also within the EPSRC UK Applied Aerodynamics HPC Consortium (GR/F005954, £2.76M).
(see Special Issue of Progress in Aerospace Sciences Volume 52 (2012))