The geometry of blade high-pressure side has significant effects on the performance of
pump-turbine at both design and off-design operating point. This paper presents a runner …

APCAT II (Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies)[1] is a follow-up of
the previous EC co-funded project LAPCAT [2]. The objective is to develop different vehicle …

The trend towards ultra compact thermal power generation, is constrained by the
unavailability of fluid-machinery adequate for supersonic flow conditions. Conventional …

Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques are ideal for producing customized products due to
their high design flexibility. Despite the previous studies on specific additive manufactured …

This paper describes a multidisciplinary design optimization for performance improvement of
an electric-ducted fan rotor using free-form deformation (FFD) and data mining techniques. A …

An approach for multi-discipline automatic optimization of the hydraulic turbine runner shape
is presented. The approach accounts hydraulic efficiency, mechanical strength and the …

In high-speed air-breathing propulsion, compact turbomachinery is essential to reduce the
engine size and weight. Hence, high compression ratios are required in the compressor …

Pumped storage power plants are doomed to play a more important role in peak-valley
shifting hence the demand for operation stability is gradually regarded as an equal important …

Airfoil design for stationary gas turbines is a challenging task involving both aerodynamic
and structural aspects. The paper describes a multidisciplinary optimization process for axial …

In this paper, a multi-objective optimization strategy for efficient design of turbomachinery
blades using sparse active subspaces is implemented for a turbofan stage design. The …