**3. Methodology**

The simulation is performed using the commercial numerical simulation software ANSYS 18.0. Within the Workbench package ANSYS CFX was one-way coupled with ANSYS Structural (for mechanical analysis). The complete rotor geometry and domain encompassing it are discretized in the approach known as the Fully-resolved Rotor Model (FRM) [22]. The flow is assumed to be periodic, so only one-third of the rotor (one blade, 120◦ section) is considered.
