Multi-objective design optimization of turbine blade leading edge for enhanced aerothermal performance

A multi-objective design optimization is carried out to minimize the heat transfer in the leading edge region of an uncooled turbine blade and the blade profile loss. These objectives pose conflicting requirements. The leading edge of Pratt and Whitney JT9D turbine blade is parameterized by Béizer c...

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Published in:Sadhana (Bangalore) 2021-12, Vol.46 (4), Article 190
Main Authors: TEJASWINI, M, SIVAPRAGASAM, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamic characteristics
Design optimization
Engineering
Genetic algorithms
Heat transfer
Hypercubes
Latin hypercube sampling
Leading edges
Multiple objective analysis
Pareto optimum
Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes method
Turbine blades
Turbines
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Summary:A multi-objective design optimization is carried out to minimize the heat transfer in the leading edge region of an uncooled turbine blade and the blade profile loss. These objectives pose conflicting requirements. The leading edge of Pratt and Whitney JT9D turbine blade is parameterized by Béizer curves. The Latin hypercube sampling plan is used to sample the design space. Several turbine blade geometries are created and their heat transfer and aerodynamic characteristics are evaluated using high-fidelity Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations. Kriging surrogate models are constructed using these datasets. The surrogate models are used in a genetic algorithm optimization framework to obtain optimal designs. The maximum heat transfer in the leading edge region is reduced by 5.9%. The blade profile loss is reduced by 18.1%. The surrogate models are then subject to multi-objective genetic algorithm optimization to reduce both the maximum heat transfer and the blade profile loss. A Pareto-optimal front is obtained which contains the optimal solutions. Some optimal solutions in the Pareto front are chosen and the trade-off between the competing objective functions is presented.
ISSN:0256-2499
0973-7677
DOI:10.1007/s12046-021-01707-z