Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary BladeModeler 3.0 TurboSystem Overview

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual What is ANSYS Workbench? ANSYS Workbench is a new-generation solution from ANSYS that provides powerful methods for interacting with the various ANSYS solvers. This modular environment provides a unique integration with CAD systems, and your design process, enabling the best CAE results. WORKBENCH External CAD

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual There are two typical workflows used for CFD analysis of turbo machinery in Workbench 1.With a TurboGrid License Workflow BladeGen TurboGrid Turbo Pre Solver Turbo Post Create blade geometry Create structured mesh Set up boundary conditions and physics Iterates to converged solution Analyze solution

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Workflow 2.Without a TurboGrid License BladeGen DesignModeler (BladeEditor) CFX-Mesh Turbo Pre Solver Create blade geometry Import geometry to DesignModeler using BladeEditor feature Create unstructured mesh Set up boundary conditions and physics Iterates to a converged solution Analyze solution Turbo Post

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Structural Analysis Workbench can also be used for structural analysis of turbo machinery components

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Workbench Databases There are various types of files used by Workbench, each differentiated by the file extension.wbdb Workbench Database.agdb ANSYS Geometry Database.dsdb Design Simulation Database.cmdb CFX-Mesh Database.cmdat CFX-Mesh Data.fedb Finite Element Database

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Launching Workbench modules: Workbench modules are all launched using the ANSYS Workbench icon, under “Start Menu > Programs > ANSYS 11.0” Users can launch the Workbench from within a supported CAD system The ANSYS Start Page

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual The ANSYS Start Page After launching ANSYS Workbench, the StartPage displays what options/modules are available to the user: Launch a new BladeModeler Session Select file type to load existing files Change default settings

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual … Options Page Before entering a Workbench module, the current and default options may be selected through the “Options …” button This is useful for setting the default working units, modifying the graphics style etc. Preferences for all Workbench modules can be controlled through this dialog box

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual The ANSYS Project Page The project page lists all files associated with the current project The menu on the left is context-sensitive. Depending on the file selected, options available will differ

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual BladeModeler BladeModeler consists of three components: – BladeGen Blade Design – DesignModeler CAD tool to add additional features to blade Fillets, blade trimming, shroud covers Generation of fluid volume Creation of scrolls, housings, volutes, etc. – BladeEditor DesignModeler add-on that provides seamless geometry connection between BladeGen and DesignModeler

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual What is BladeModeler? WORKBENCH N User IO N User IO BladeGen DesignModeler External CAD

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual BladeGen DesignModeler What is BladeGen? A blade geometry creation tool Define blade type Initial blade geometry setup Set tip gap, shrouded/unshrouded Report generation Geometry modification

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Vista CCD/CPD CCD – Centrifugal Compressor Design CPD – Centrifugal Pump Design – These are initial sizing tools useful for compressor and pump design – Lectures 6 and 7 cover the details of CCD/CPD

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Vista CCD: Duty and Aerodynamic Data

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Vista CPD: Pump duty and fluid dynamic data Note option to specify the Head Coefficient, 2gH / U 2 2

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual BladeGen DesignModeler What is DesignModeler? A CAD-like modeler with analysis modeling goals: – Performs unique geometry modification capabilities for simulation: Feature Simplification Enclosure Operation Fill Operation Spot Welds Split Surfaces Surface Model Extraction Planar Body Extraction Beam Modeling

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual BladeGen DesignModeler What is DesignModeler? Revolved trim Blade fillets Shroud cover

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual BladeGen DesignModeler What is BladeEditor? BladeGen DesignModeler BladeEditor An Add-in to DesignModeler Provides geometry connection between BladeGen and DesignModeler Allows for easy editing of blade geometry from Blade Gen Allows for the import of multiple BladeGen models into one DesignModeler session Components from another CAD source can be imported and combined with blade geometry (ie A volute)

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TurboGrid High quality Hex mesh Highly automated Reliable Repeatable High resolution b.l. Courtesy PCA Eng.

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Outline Workbench Environment BladeModeler – BladeGen Vista CCD/CPD – BladeEditor TurboGrid Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TurboSystem Assisted Workflow The ANSYS TurboSystem is a new feature in ANSYS 11.0 The assisted workflow is a set of three new project page tasks that automate the process of setting up and running a single blade analysis, including meshing, solving, and report generation This functionality is an alternative to the BladeGenPlus analysis capability (Legacy product)

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TurboSystem Tasks New BladeGen model – Starts BladeGen New blade mesh – Imports selected BladeGen model into DM and then creates an unstructured mesh using CFX-Mesh New blade CFD simulation – Starts CFX-Pre in Turbo Mode with selected mesh

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: New blade mesh Solid model creation is automatic Meshing is automatic Named selections created for hub, shroud, etc. Periodic interface specified Inflation created on hub, shroud and blade

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Mesh size Mesh parameters based on cmdb template (BladeModeler/BladeEditor/etc/ template.cmdb) Mesh size can be adjusted by changing the Mesh Scale Factor (MSF) in CFX-Mesh Default MSF is 0.6 Larger meshes produced for tall thin axial blades than for radial blades CFX-Mesh MSF preference has no effect on template MSF, only on new mesh sessions

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Mesh Tips CFX-Mesh is fairly robust with the default template settings, but can fail for usual reasons: edit in CFX-Mesh to diagnose and fix the problem Mesh is relatively coarse, but finer than typical meshes produced in BladeGenPlus (No inflation on hub/shroud in BG+) May need to add mesh controls to resolve details, e.g. the wake region downstream of the blade

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: New blade CFD simulation What is new in ANSYS Turbo Pre 11.0? – Minor changes made to CFX-Pre Turbo Mode: “Machine Type” specified in Basic Settings Slight changes to Component Definition – Turbo CCL data now passed to CFX-Post for turbo initialization and report creation – Must write def file from Turbo Mode to get full benefit of the Turbo CCL data, otherwise only subset of information is passed

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Solver Manager Compression/expansion efficiency variables written to res file by default for compressible fluids when using Turbo Mode; the global efficiency values can be monitored in Solver Manager When simulation is complete, Solver Manager now asks user whether to load the new solution in CFX-Post

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Turbo Reports Turbo Report Templates for typical single bladerow components Reports can be used for multi- bladerow analyses by loading components individually

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Turbo Reports Reports are similar in content to BG+ reports: – Mesh summary – Physics summary – Computed results – 1D charts for blade loading and averaged quantities – 2D/3D plots Report templates can be modified by the user (CFX\etc\PostReports)

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Blade Design Iteration User wants to go back to BladeGen and update design Manual steps for re-analysis: – Update geometry in Meshing Application and regenerate mesh – Reload the mesh file in CFX-Pre and rewrite def file – Rerun solver – Load new res file with existing report (state file) or reload report template

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual TS: Improvements from BG+ Better control over meshing Interactive 3D graphics for easier visualization of model, results, etc. All the benefits of the latest CFX software (Pre/Solve/Post), e.g. real gas, turbulence models, parallel solver Easier to move from simple blade analysis to full CFX functionality, e.g. multi-bladerow, advanced physics, FSI

Version 1.0 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Inventory # BladeModeler 11.0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Training Manual Key Point BladeModeler is a blade geometry creation product that consists of three components: – BladeGen – Blade creation and editing tool – DesignModeler – Workbench CAD solid modeler – BladeEditor – Add-In to DesignModeler that can import and convert BladeGen geometry into a solid model BladeModeler is a useful tool for generating blade geometry for a CFD or FEA analysis