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Airfoil Parameterization Techniques: A Review

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India

2Department of Mechanical Engineering, RCPIT, Shirpur, Maharashtra, India


American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 4, 99-102
DOI: 10.12691/ajme-2-4-1
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education Publishing

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Nilesh P. Salunke, Juned Ahamad R. A., S.A. Channiwala. Airfoil Parameterization Techniques: A Review. American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2014; 2(4):99-102. doi: 10.12691/ajme-2-4-1.

Correspondence to: Juned  Ahamad R. A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, RCPIT, Shirpur, Maharashtra, India. Email: ahamad161@gmail.com

Abstract

Optimization of airfoil shape using evolutionary algorithms is becoming a trend in design of blades for turbomachines and aircraft. Evolutionary algorithms work with parameterization of airfoil shape, i.e. representation of airfoil with the help of some parameters which control its shape. Thus, one of the challenges in this field is to describe the airfoil with suitable parameters and explicit or implicit mathematical functions. This paper discusses various parameterization techniques being used to parameterize the airfoil.

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