Have you ever come across an efoil? Actually, that’s a pretty cool sort of surfboard which almost makes you fly above the water. One of our CAESES® users, David Vukovic, recently approached us in the context of the propeller design for…
Released CAESES 4.3
With CAESES® we strive to provide you with the most robust and reliable CAD solution for automated simulation studies. In this first 2018 release, the internal geometry engine got a major update for advanced CAD modeling of complex and challenging shapes.…
Design Exploration and Optimization: Is Your CAD Tool Really up to the Task?
If you have been browsing the information on our website, you might have seen that our tool CAESES® brings along several different components, such as a CAD modeling environment, process automation, design exploration and optimization methods. Out of these it…
Shape Optimization in ANSYS with CAESES
CAESES® allows you to access and control the robust CAESES® geometry models within the ANSYS Workbench, to conduct simulation-driven shape optimization. New CAESES App There is a new CAESES®-ANSYS app that allows you to plug any CAESES® geometry model into the user interface…
Polymer Injection Molding: Shape Optimization with CFD
Klaus Straka is one of our absolutely amazing CAESES® users, who is active in the field of polymer injection molding. In the context of fully-automated shape optimization with CFD (fluid flow simulation), he creates incredible parametric geometries with CAESES® that are…
Optimization of Airborne Optical Sensor
In a recent work, we optimized an airborne optical sensor, which is typically built into an impressive device for sensing data remotely, e.g. from helicopters. The mirror blanks for the optical sensor are made from glass ceramics with an extremely…
Wageningen B-Series: Online Propeller Tool Released!
We are excited to announce the first release of our online propeller tools. This web service is driven by CAESES® and generates solid propeller geometry by means of the famous Wageningen B-Series profiles. All provided tools are easy to use…
FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS Sponsors the Human Powered Submarine Team of Virgina Tech
We are excited to be a sponsor of the amazing Virgina Tech team that works on a human powered submarine. The team uses CAESES® to develop an advanced propeller design for the submarine. More information about this ambitious project can be…
VOITH Linear Jet: Shape Optimization of the Blades, the Nozzle and the Hull
At the CAESES Users Meeting 2o17, David Bendl from VOITH Turbo gave an update and further insights into his work on the VOITH Linear Jet (VLJ). The VLJ combines the best properties of propellers with the best properties of waterjets.…
Creating Lighter and More Efficient Radial Turbines
In our research project GAMMA we closely work together with MTU Friedrichshafen to optimize components of large turbochargers. Nicolas Lachenmaier, one of the leading aerodynamics engineers at MTU, uses CAESES® for the design of the turbine components. He provides a…