Optimization of a Fan Blade Cascade Using the Parametric Flow Solver Turb’Opty Available to Purchase

The parameterized CFD solver Turb’Opty™, based on a Taylor series expansion to high order derivatives of the solution of the discretized Navier-Stokes equations, has been successfully applied to the full geometric and flow parameterization of an engine cooling fan blade cascade. The coupling of a recently developed genetic algorithm and the post-processor Turb’Post™ has also yielded a multi-objective optimization of the original Valeo airfoil. A representative geometry of the Pareto front has then been prototyped and tested. Significant improvement of the lift coefficient has been obtained at all incidences. Comparisons with direct Turb’Flow™ cascade results have validated the accuracy of the parameterized solutions and shown the same trend as the free-jet measurements.