The Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been shown to be a useful tool in engineering design problems. Here, the GA has been used to solve a helicopter rotor airfoil design problem. A binary tournament, uniform crossover GA was used in conjunction with a panel method/integral boundary layer method aerodynamic code. Twenty-one variables representing the surface of the airfoil were operated on by the GA to maximize lift-to-drag ratio at three flight conditions representing the 75 % radius station of an example rotor in forward flight with constraints on minimum lift coefficient, maximum moment coefficient, and flow separation from the airfoil. It was found that the GA could consistently design an airfoil to achieve its objectives, and that the resulting design exhibited more favorable characteristics than the NACA 0012 section of the original example rotor. An issue with the study is that the quality of the results are a reflection of the accuracy of the aerodynamic analyses used. The GA design methodology described in this study shows promise for coupling with airfoil structural constraints and may lead to a more fully developed topology design approach.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic topology design for rotor airfoils via genetic algorithm


    Additional title:

    Aerodynamischer Topologieentwurf für Rotorprofile mit Hilfe eines genetischen Algorithmus


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 22 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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