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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Intake ports are the final part of an engine’s air induction system. They connect the intake manifold with the combustion chamber and are opened and closed with the intake valves. While intake ports are found in all types of engines,…

A piston bowl is a recess in the piston crown primarily used in (direct injection) Diesel engines, where it basically forms the combustion chamber. The design and shape of the piston bowl influences the movement of air and fuel during…

For the fully-automated shape optimization with CFD, one key task is to robustly automate the geometry and mesh generation as well as the actual CFD flow analysis. Within one of our ongoing research projects, GAMMA, we recently had the challenge…

There is a lot of research going on to further improve the efficiency of ships by lowering the overall energy consumption. Besides the optimization of the operational profile of the ships (speed, trim, loading etc.), there are many things you…