Μέθοδοι σχεδιασμού-βελτιστοποίησης στις στροβιλομηχανές βασισμένες στους εξελικτικούς αλγορίθμους

Abstract

The scope of this PhD thesis is to pΙopose a set of improvements to existingshape design-optimization methods in fluid dynamiοs based on EvolutionaryΑlgorithms (EAs) and demonstrate their effiοienοy in real-world applications.Though the proposed method and the developed EA-based software are bothgeneriο, this thesis foοuses on applicatiοns in the fields of hydrau1ic andthermal turbomaοhines. With the proposed a1gorithmic variants, theoptimization turn-around time is notiοeably reduοed with respeοt to that ofοonventional (reference, background) methods. Though the latter areοomputationally expensive, with the proposed add-ons, they becomeaffordable even for large-scale industrial applications.