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News Release from: Ansys | Subject: CFX-Turbogrid v2.2
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 July 2004
Upgrade to turbomachinery grid
generation
Software tool used by rotating machinery designers and engineers combines sector specific knowledge of computational fluid dynamic simulation for rotating machinery with mesh generation technology.
Ansys has released CFX-Turbogrid v2.2, a specialised software tool used by rotating machinery designers and engineers CFX-Turbogrid combines the sector specific knowledge of computational fluid dynamic simulation for rotating machinery from Ansys CFX, with the mesh generation technology from Ansys Icem CFD
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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CFX-Turbogrid is used to create the high-quality meshes required for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of bladed rows for rotating machinery.
In an industry where small increases in machine performance can result in significant increases in output, the ability to take design improvements and quickly create a mesh for engineering simulations can translate to larger profits.
The software can be used to generate quickly highly suitable meshes for the analysis of pumps, turbines, compressors, fans, torque converters, nozzles, diffusers and other kinds of rotating machinery.
Version 2.2 is an upgrade to the CFX turbomachinery grid generation capabilities, bringing better speed, automation, flexibility and high mesh quality to the product for axial and radial turbomachinery bladed row components.
It automatically generates high quality meshes by determining appropriate mesh parameter settings based on prescribed heuristics that account for the geometry with little or no user input.
Meshes use hexahedral elements only, and important geometric areas such as the tip gap can be included.
Interactive response time and speed of 3D mesh generation has been taken to a new level.
Using interactive features to refine the mesh, changes to the mesh are displayed interactively, and turnaround time for full 3D mesh generation can be as little as 10s for one million node meshes on a typical modern desktop PC.
"With this latest release of CFX-Turbogrid, we are achieving excellent mesh quality, with great ease-of-use and really tremendous speed", said Michael Raw, VP of CFX Product Development at Ansys.
"We are quite excited at how this will provide our customers with a unique tool to help them be leaders in designing state-of-the-art turbomachinery".
"CFX-Turbogrid complements, of course, the suite of Ansys structural simulation tools, providing users with complete CAE software for their engineering simulation of rotating machinery".
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