Research Article
Design Optimization of a Transonic-Fan Rotor Using Numerical Computations of the Full Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations and Simplex Algorithm
Table 4
CFD simulations with and without optimization.
| ā | Without optimization | High fidelity optimum design |
| Pressure ratio | 1.43 | 1.627 | Isentropic efficiency | 0.82 | 0.842 | Leaned | Non | In direction of rotation | Swept | Non | Forward swept (hub to mean) Backward swept (mean to tip) | Numbers of blades | 25 | 22 |
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