ANSYS Advantage - Volume VII, Issue 3, 2013
SPOTLIGHT ON TURBOMACHINERY
Turbomachinery engineers not only need to increase efficiency — but ensure that their systems deliver other critical benefits such as reliability, safety and low maintenance. Engineers who work with rotating machinery have always been among the first to embrace improved simulation capabilities to meet advanced challenges. This issue of ANSYS Advantage features articles from some turbomachinery leaders on how they use ANSYS technology to deliver dependable, robust performance.
Featured Stories
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Gearing Up for the Future
Increasing demands for efficiency are only the beginning; turbomachinery engineers are working diligently to improve every aspect of system performance. -
Force of Nature
Head of R&D Engineering Methods Mirjam Sick discusses how engineering simulation has supported ANDRITZ HYDRO's groundbreaking design efforts for the past 25 years — and looks toward the future of simulation in her industry. -
Pushing the Envelope
CFD simulation contributes to increasing the operating envelope of a centrifugal compressor stage.
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EDITORIAL
Energy Efficiency: A Universal Challenge
Turbomachinery engineers design diverse systems for many industries — but they face the shared challenge of maximizing efficiency. ANSYS software supports them in developing next-generation solutions. -
NEWS
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THOUGHT LEADER
Force of Nature
Head of R&D Engineering Methods Mirjam Sick discusses how engineering simulation has supported ANDRITZ HYDRO's groundbreaking design efforts for the past 25 years — and looks toward the future of simulation in her industry. -
CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS
Pushing the Envelope
CFD simulation contributes to increasing the operating envelope of a centrifugal compressor stage. -
BEST PRACTICES
1, 2, 3 Turbocharged Efficiency
Specialized advanced simulation tools optimize turbochargers for increased power and fuel efficiency. -
HEALTHCARE
Heart to Heart
Multiphysics systems simulation leads to better understanding of a smaller artificial heart design. -
AUTOMOTIVE
On the Fast Track
Ferrari pushes the limits of simulation in improving aerodynamic performance of racing cars. -
AUTOMOTIVE
Safe Automobile Controls
Subaru uses SCADE software to develop safe and reliable electronically controlled circuits and systems for hybrid electric vehicles. -
ENERGY
Designing for Real-World Repairs
Linear and nonlinear structural analyses improve pipeline repair using composites materials. -
CHEMICAL PROCESS
On Cloud Nine
HPC in the cloud reduces runtime for a complex multiphase CFD model with realistic particle loading from five days to two days. -
TECH TIP
Accelerating Mechanical Solutions with GPUs
Graphical processing units can be used with ANSYS structural mechanics software to solve large, complex models faster. -
THOUGHT LEADER
Small Systems, Huge Impact
imec is a global hub for advanced micro and nano-electronics research. The company’s director of heterogeneous integrated micro-systems research explains how systems-level simulation at a tiny scale can yield enormous benefits by moving dramatic innovations to market, rapidly and reliably. -
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Cool Customer
Design optimization demonstrates the ability to reduce engineering time and increase fatigue life of refrigerant lines on a new generation of scroll chillers. -
BEST PRACTICES
Gearing Up for the Future
Increasing demands for efficiency are only the beginning; turbomachinery engineers are working diligently to improve every aspect of system performance. -
AUTOMOTIVE
Window of Opportunity
Robust design optimization ensures high-quality window mechanisms over a wide range of applications.
