In this blog post, we have compiled the 10 major steps we typically got through to create parametric models of volutes in CAESES. In some specific situations and with very specific cross sections, we need to use different approaches. But generally the following steps work well. All screenshots and animations are taken from within the CAESES GUI. Hope you’ll like it!
Yearly Reductions of CO2-Emissions by CAESES
FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS AG strives to reduce energy consumption and emissions by supporting its customers in improving their products, most notably ships as well as turbomachinery and engine components. Therefore, we have taken a look at the question how much CO2-emissions…
Aerodynamic Shape Optimization: A Practical Guide
This article focuses on giving you a rather quick and practical guide to shape optimization with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and other simulation tools. We’ll look into requirements for the geometry models, the meshing and simulation setup, but also at optimization strategies and distributing simulations on HPC systems.
Jet Impeller Optimization for an Electric Hydrofoil Surfboard (efoil)
An electric hydrofoil surfboard (efoil) is a great experience if you want to try out new things that are related to surfing or kiting. Ve Concepts Inc. (AKA VeFoil) has been working on something new and unique for the efoil…
How to Check the Fitness of Your Geometry Models
Have you ever thought about the fitness of your geometry models? When you are preparing parametric geometry models for automated workflows, you need to make sure they are robust and do not break during variation. For complex models with a…
Why You Should Consider CAE Tools with Linux Support
Recently, we had a request from an engineering company that uses a standard parametric CAD software to design their product. They gave us a call because they wanted to run automated shape optimization along with some simulation tools, but they had…
Simulation-Driven Design of a Race Car Rear Wing
In the last years, we have been supporting student racing teams, such as the FaSTTUBe and the Ryerson Formula Racing Team in Canada. For the Formula Student Germany (FSG) competition, Carolina Cura recently worked on the design and shape optimization of a…
Design and Optimization of Ventricular Assist Devices
The design of ventricular assist devices is quite literally a matter close to our hearts. A ventricular assist device (or VAD) is an electromechanical pump for assisting cardiac circulation, which is used to partially replace the function of a weakened or…
efoil Flying Rodeo
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…
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…