Workbench integration

[Workbench integration]

Hi Sam,

There's also a post "FFW + CFX integration" (Friendship Framework being the former name of CAESES).  This should give you some helpful information as well.

 

https://www.caeses.com/forum/index.php?/topic/295-ffwcfx-integration/%3fview=getlastpost

 

Cheers,

Mike

[CAESES+CFX integration]

Great post Richard!  Very helpful and much appreciated!

[Radial Fan Model]

CAESES is an ideal tool for creating variable geometry models for all types of turbomachinery.  Attached is an example of a radial fan.  These fans are typically found in HVAC systems for building ventilation and air conditioning.

 

If you're interested in these kinds of machines, then you may also want to look at the "blower casing / parametric volute" that was posted by Claus in this forum.

 

(p.s. The picture of the real fan is from http://www.ebmpapst.com)

 

UPDATE AUGUST 2017: More information about fans and other rotating components can be found in this turbomachinery section.

radialFan.fdb

[Trefoil Knot]

Topology is the study of shapes and spaces, and their connectedness, continuity, and boundary. These are important topics when creating variable models used for design studies. 

 

This is a model of a mathematical knot known as a trefoil knot.  It's not very practical for engineering but it looks cool, and it's a nice model for illustrating one of curve types in CAESES known as a generic curve as well as the sweep surface.  You can define a curve with a mathematical description in 3D space using the generic curve.

 

The trefoil knot is mathematically defined as follows:

x = sin t + 2 sin 2t

y = cos t - 2 cos 2t

z = -sin 3t

 

In CAESES you can create the pathline for the knot using the generic curve.  So for example, the Z function would like like:  -sin(3*t*2*pi(),true) 

 

Where t is a parameter in CAESES used for all curves, and runs from 0 to 1.  It is multiplied by 2pi to transform it to the correct mathematical range, and "true" is used to indicate that the argument is in radians (and not in degrees).

 

 

trefoilKnot.fdb