Optimization of the Shape of a Hydrokinetic Turbine's Draft Tube and Hub Assembly Using Design-by-Morphing with Bayesian Optimization

Haris Moazam Sheikh, Tess A. Callan, Kealan J. Hennessy +1

Finding the optimal design of a hydrodynamic or aerodynamic surface is often impossible due to the expense of evaluating the cost functions (say, with computational fluid dynamics)…