Jörg 29 Report post Posted February 17, 2014 Hi together, With CAESES, we also focus on the design and optimization of volute geometries. There is a volute section on the CAESES website. Students and PhD students can get a free academic edition of the pro version - the product page gives more information about this. Basically, the software allows you to create robust parametric volute designs for manual/automated design explorations and shape optimization with CFD. In most cases, the volutes in CAESES are tailor-made models, i.e. you can fully customize the geometry design: Arbitrary parametric cross-section definitions, e.g. based on your area (A) and center of area (=>R) specificationsUse of point data for creating a volute surfaceUser-defined A/R functions (bsplines, mathematical functions)Individual tongue modeling with additional parameters for more detailed design studies and fine-tuningAnalysis and control of inlet/outlet area distributions. Usually, our CAESES support team helps you in setting up customized models, either through the helpdesk or, for more complex models and a quick solution, by means of a customer project. See the attachments for some pictures and animations (e.g. the A/R function gets varied as well as the tongue shape). CheersJoerg LAST UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jörg 29 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Here is another animation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jörg 29 Report post Posted March 25, 2019 There is a more recent blog post "How to create a volute in 10 steps" which describes the modeling process by means of a few animations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites