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es-turbo
The CFD Expert System tool for the turbomachinery industry
es-turbo provides a streamlined interface, grid generator and post-processing
facilities for the turbomachinery industry.
With es-turbo, it is possible to interact directly with the
client's blade design system and construct a high-fidelity computational model
in minutes. While initially developed to satisfy the pre- and post-processing
needs of the Turbomachinery industry, es-turbo has been shown
to be useful for a much broader range of applications. To date, es-turbo applications
include centrifugal and axial compressors and turbines, turbochargers, torque
converters, radiator fans, propellers and blood pumps, to name but a few.
es-turbo employs a multi-blocked meshing strategy to quickly
generate high quality grids around aerodynamic bodies in both axial and centrifugal
configurations. Using one of the predefined topologies avoids the confusion
associated with many multi-block grid generators and significantly reduces the
user input and hence time required to build a computational model.
The generation of the computational mesh is achieved through an iterative solution
of a set of elliptic equations. These equations are constrained to match the
geometric shape being meshed and are subjected to boundary conditions that guarantee
smooth variations in grid clustering and orthogonality.
For more complex geometric features, such as part span shrouds, cooling holes
and casing treatments, es-turbo easily interfaces with the automatic
meshing capabilities of pro-STAR/amm. Geometries that would take weeks with conventional
multi-block codes can now be meshed in hours.
In addition to its capabilities as a grid generator, es-turbo also
allows the user to impose boundary conditions, specify thermophysical properties
and define the numerical algorithm parameters required by STAR-CD. Presently,
we are working with several turbomachinery companies to provide specialized post-processing
capabilities to further improve engineer productivity and ease-of-use.
es-turbo Case Studies
