AEROSPACE COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN LABORATORY Automated Design and Optimization Goal: Demonstrate automated multidisciplinary design and optimization of a turbine blade Approach: Modular & Geometry Centric: Modular –CAPRI (Computational Analysis PRogramming Interface) is hub of design suite –Subsystem modules (CAD system, Mesher, Flow Solver…) interface directly with CAPRI –Subsystems may be replaced by other CAPRI compatible modules without affecting other subsystems Geometry Centric –Modules receive standardized tessellation generated by CAPRI –All geometry construction and modification performed using CAD kernel –Optimized design passed back to CAD system for easy manufacturing Keith DalbeyResearch Advisor: Bob Haimes.

AEROSPACE COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN LABORATORY Automated Design and Optimization Master Model Recipe (parametric blade + flowpath definition) CAD CONSTRUCTION turbomachinery stage CAPRI Optimizer MesherSolver Parameter Change Block diagram of design suite

AEROSPACE COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN LABORATORY Automated Design and Optimization CAPRI tessellation Representative of geometry, but not necessarily suitable for computation CFD grid Grid for the structured flow solver WIND This grid was generated from the CAPRI tessellation Discretization of turbine blade geometry