Design Optimization of a Transonic-Fan Rotor Using Numerical Computations of the Full Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Simplex Algorithm

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="743154.fig.0022a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijrm/volume-2014/743154/figures/743154.fig.0022a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Without optimization</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="743154.fig.0022b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijrm/volume-2014/743154/figures/743154.fig.0022b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>High optimal fidelity design</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Comparison between high fidelity design and low fidelity design Mach contour at mean section.</table>

International Journal of Rotating Machinery

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Figure 22: Design Optimization of a Transonic-Fan Rotor Using Numerical Computations of the Full Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Simplex Algorithm 

Figure 22 | Design Optimization of a Transonic-Fan Rotor Using Numerical Computations of the Full Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Simplex Algorithm 