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1 An Integrated Optimization System For Turbomachinery Blade Shape Design Dr. S. Pierret, Numeca International s.a., Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 5, 1050 Brussels, Belgium pierret@numeca.be Prof. Ch. Hirsch, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dept. Fluid Mechanics, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Abstract This paper presents a new integrated methodology for the optimisation of turbomachinery blade shapes coupling a user interface, a blade geometry generator to an automatic CFD solution process and an optimisation algorithm. The methodology relies on the interaction between a genetic algorithm, a database and user generated objective functions and constraints. The latter includes aerodynamic, geometrical and structural constraint functions, while future developments will extend these to aero-acoustic optimisation objectives. Several examples, covering gas turbine configurations are presented. 1. Introduction Designing turbomachinery blades is a complex task involving many different objectives and constraints coming from various disciplines. In order to help the designer in this complex task, various complex codes are now available to define complex blade geometries (CAD system), compute the flow field inside the blade channel