Aerodynamic optimisation has become an indispensable component for any aerodynamic
design over the past 60 years, with applications to aircraft, cars, trains, bridges, wind …

Airflow-induced noise prediction and reduction is one of the priorities for both the energy
and aviation industries. This review paper provides valuable insights into flow-induced noise …

This paper investigates a novel casing treatment for an axial compressor that combines a
circumferential casing groove with flow recirculation channels. This casing treatment is …

The counter-rotating type pump-turbine is an advanced concept unit optimized for the
renewable energy fields such as small hydraulic power for energy generation and power …

Enhancing the hydraulic performance of an axial-flow pump is necessary for increasing the
working efficiency and reducing the costs of the pump. In the present study, the impeller and …

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 …

Multi-objective design optimization was applied to the impeller and volute of a centrifugal
pump using surrogate-based optimization techniques and three-dimensional Reynolds …

A generic fan with unskewed fan blades is investigated using a microphone array method.
The relative motion of the fan with respect to the stationary microphone array is …

This paper presents a multidisciplinary optimization procedure for enhancing the
aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a forward-curved blade centrifugal fan for …

In this study, we optimized thick airfoils for wind turbines using a genetic algorithm (GA)
coupled with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and geometric parameterization based on …