Efficient Fan Blade Design Using PC-Based Codes Valeo Motors and Actuators Air Flow North American Division

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kobayashi, Sukeyuki, author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition (2002-03-04 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2002

Summary:

A PC-based computer code for axial-flow fan blade design has been developed at Valeo Motors and Actuators Airflow Division, and is being used extensively for automotive fan design. This code gives a good initial design, and is followed by Navier-Stokes CFD sessions for verification and fine-tuning. It has been found that the code reduces the number of CFD runs substantially from what would otherwise be required, contributing to the shortened design turn-around time. A separately developed code (also runs on PC) for sound power prediction is utilized to set the blade spacing and skew angle for optimum noise performance

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Publisher Number:

2002-01-0859

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