Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 25, 2012
EFM11 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2011
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Article Number | 02012 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2010 (Selected Papers) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122502012 | |
Published online | 16 April 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122502012
Application of shape-based similarity query for aerodynamic optimization of wind tunnel primary nozzle
Department of Power Engineering, Technical University of
Liberec, Studentská
2, Liberec
46117, Czech
Republic
jan.kolarl@tul.cz
The aerodynamic shape optimization of the supersonic flat nozzle is the aim of proposed paper. The nozzle discussed, is applied as a primary nozzle of the inlet part of supersonic wind tunnel. Supersonic nozzles of the measure area inlet parts need to guarantee several requirements of flow properties and quality. Mach number and minimal differences between real and required velocity and turbulence profiles at the nozzle exit are the most important parameters to meet. The aerodynamic shape optimization of the flat 2D nozzle in CFD is employed to reach as uniform exit velocity profile as possible, with the mean Mach number 1.4. Optimization process does not use any of standard routines of global or local optimum searching. Instead, newly formed routine, which exploits shape-based oriented sequence of nozzles, is used to research within whole discretized parametric space. The movement within optimization process is not driven by gradient or evolutionary too, instead, the Path of Minimal Shape Deformation is followed. Dynamic mesh approach is used to deform the shape and mesh from the actual nozzle to the subsequent one. Dynamic deformation of mesh allows to speed up whole converging process as an initialization of flow at the newly formed mesh is based on afore-computed shape. Shape-based similarity query in field of supersonic nozzles is discussed and applied. Evolutionary technique with genetic algorithm is used to search for minimal deformational path. As a result, the best variant from the set of solved shapes is analyzed at the base of momentum coefficient and desired Mach number at the nozzle exit.
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