Hydraulic turbine analysis automation and shape optimisation

该项目与Andritz Hydro Ltd.合作，计划在水力设计的参数几何建模、网格生成、分析工具集成和基于CFD的优化方法方面进行基础和应用研究。该项目将解决从基本领域表示和离散化技术到在工业环境中实现最佳设计和大规模工具集成的方法开发的广泛问题。这项研究的结果将被集中利用，为Andritz设计工程师提供更好的集成、更快和更强大的数值工具，以指导和自动化他们的设计工作。通过仔细分析最优工程设计的最新进展而确定的研究课题，形成了一个三年计划，以解决实施和部署基于模拟的形状优化方法方面的具体挑战。

In collaboration with Andritz Hydro Ltd., this project proposes to pursue fundamental and applied research on parametric geometric modeling, mesh generation, analysis tool integration and CFD-based optimization methodology for hydraulic design. This project will tackle a broad spectrum of issues from fundamental domain representation and discretization techniques, to methodological developments for optimal design implementation in an industrial setting and large scale tool integration. Results from this research will collectively be harnessed to provide Andritz design engineers with better integrated, faster and more robust numerical tools, to guide and automate their design work. Research topics, identified through a careful analysis of recent advances in optimal engineering design, form a three year plan to address concrete challenges in the implementation and deployment of simulation-based shape optimization methodologies.