Version 1 0 Blade Modeler 3 0 Turbo

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -2

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -3

Version 1. 0 What is ANSYS Workbench? Training Manual • ANSYS Workbench is a new-generation solution from ANSYS that provides powerful methods for interacting with the various ANSYS solvers. This modular environment provides a unique integration with CAD systems, and your design process, enabling the best CAE results. 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. External CAD WORKBENCH Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -4

Version 1. 0 Workflow Training Manual • There are two typical workflows used for CFD analysis of turbo machinery in Workbench 1. With a Turbo. Grid License Blade. Gen Create blade geometry Turbo. Grid Create structured mesh Turbo Pre Set up boundary conditions and physics Solver Turbo Post 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Iterates to converged solution Analyze solution Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -5

Version 1. 0 Workflow Training Manual 2. Without a Turbo. Grid License Blade. Gen Design. Modeler (Blade. Editor) CFX-Mesh Turbo Pre Solver Turbo Post 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Create blade geometry Import geometry to Design. Modeler using Blade. Editor feature Create unstructured mesh Set up boundary conditions and physics Iterates to a converged solution Analyze solution Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -6

Version 1. 0 Structural Analysis Training Manual • Workbench can also be used for structural analysis of turbo machinery components 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -7

Version 1. 0 Workbench Databases Training Manual • There are various types of files used by Workbench, each differentiated by the file extension . wbdb Workbench Database. agdb . dsdb ANSYS Geometry Design Database Simulation Database 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. . fedb . cmdat Finite Element Database CFX-Mesh Data Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -8

Version 1. 0 The ANSYS Start Page Training Manual • Launching Workbench modules: • Workbench modules are all launched using the ANSYS Workbench icon, under “Start Menu > Programs > ANSYS 11. 0” • Users can launch the Workbench from within a supported CAD system 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -9

Version 1. 0 The ANSYS Start Page Training Manual • After launching ANSYS Workbench, the Start. Page displays what options/modules are available to the user: Launch a new Blade. Modeler Session Select file type to load existing files Change default settings 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -10

Version 1. 0 … Options Page Training Manual • Before entering a Workbench module, the current and default options may be selected through the “Options …” button • This is useful for setting the default working units, modifying the graphics style etc. • Preferences for all Workbench modules can be controlled through this dialog box 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -11

Version 1. 0 The ANSYS Project Page Training Manual • The project page lists all files associated with the current project • The menu on the left is context-sensitive. Depending on the file selected, options available will differ 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -12

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -13

Version 1. 0 Blade. Modeler Training Manual • Blade. Modeler consists of three components: – Blade. Gen • Blade Design – Design. Modeler • • CAD tool to additional features to blade Fillets, blade trimming, shroud covers Generation of fluid volume Creation of scrolls, housings, volutes, etc. – Blade. Editor • Design. Modeler add-on that provides seamless geometry connection between Blade. Gen and Design. Modeler 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -14

Version 1. 0 What is Blade. Modeler? Training Manual User IO 70 0. 0 2 N 0 33 1. 000000 0. 000000 1. 000000 0. 100000 1. 000204 0. 100000 1. 001623 0. 100000 0. 000000 -5. 000000 0. 000000 -3. 000000 0. 077093 -2. 814457 0. 154129 -2. 628919 WORKBENCH Blade. Gen Design. Modeler External CAD User IO 70 0. 0 2 N 0 33 1. 000000 0. 000000 1. 000000 0. 100000 1. 000204 0. 100000 1. 001623 0. 100000 0. 000000 -5. 000000 0. 000000 -3. 000000 0. 077093 -2. 814457 0. 154129 -2. 628919 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -15

Version 1. 0 What is Blade. Gen? Training Manual Blade. Gen Design. Modeler • A blade geometry creation tool • Define blade type • Initial blade geometry setup • Set tip gap, shrouded/unshrouded • Report generation • Geometry modification 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -16

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -17

Version 1. 0 Vista CCD/CPD Training Manual • CCD – Centrifugal Compressor Design • CPD – Centrifugal Pump Design – These are initial sizing tools useful for compressor and pump design – Lectures 6 and 7 cover the details of CCD/CPD 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -18

Version 1. 0 Vista CCD: Duty and Aerodynamic Data Training Manual 3/23/2007 © 2007

Vista CPD: Pump duty and fluid dynamic data Version 1. 0 Training Manual • Note option to specify the Head Coefficient, 2 g. H / U 22 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -20

Version 1. 0 What is Design. Modeler? Training Manual Blade. Gen Design. Modeler • A CAD-like modeler with analysis modeling goals: • • – Performs unique geometry modification capabilities for simulation: Feature Simplification Enclosure Operation Fill Operation Spot Welds Split Surfaces Surface Model Extraction Planar Body Extraction Beam Modeling 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -21

Version 1. 0 What is Design. Modeler? Training Manual Blade. Gen Design. Modeler Blade fillets Shroud cover 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Revolved trim Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -22

Version 1. 0 What is Blade. Editor? Training Manual Blade. Gen Design. Modeler • An Add-in to Design. Modeler • Provides geometry connection between Blade. Gen and Design. Modeler • Allows for easy editing of blade geometry from Blade Gen • Allows for the import of multiple Blade. Gen models into one Design. Modeler session • Components from another CAD source can be imported and combined with blade geometry (ie A volute) 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Blade. Editor Design. Modeler Inventory #002498 3 -23

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -24

Version 1. 0 Turbo. Grid Training Manual High quality Hex mesh Highly automated Reliable Repeatable High resolution b. l. 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Courtesy PCA Eng. Inventory #002498 3 -25

Version 1. 0 Outline Training Manual • Workbench Environment • Blade. Modeler – Blade. Gen • Vista CCD/CPD – Blade. Editor • Turbo. Grid • Turbo System - Assisted Workflow – Automated, Unstructured Blade Meshing – Turbo Pre – Turbo Reports 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -26

Version 1. 0 Turbo. System Assisted Workflow Training Manual • The ANSYS Turbo. System is a new feature in ANSYS 11. 0 • The assisted workflow is a set of three new project page tasks that automate the process of setting up and running a single blade analysis, including meshing, solving, and report generation • This functionality is an alternative to the Blade. Gen. Plus analysis capability (Legacy product) 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -27

Version 1. 0 Turbo. System Tasks Training Manual • New Blade. Gen model – Starts Blade. Gen • New blade mesh – Imports selected Blade. Gen model into DM and then creates an unstructured mesh using CFX-Mesh • New blade CFD simulation – Starts CFX-Pre in Turbo Mode with selected mesh 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -28

Version 1. 0 TS: New blade mesh Training Manual • Solid model creation is automatic • Meshing is automatic • Named selections created for hub, shroud, etc. • Periodic interface specified • Inflation created on hub, shroud and blade 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -29

Version 1. 0 TS: Mesh size Training Manual • Mesh parameters based on cmdb template (Blade. Modeler/Blade. Editor/etc/ template. cmdb) • Mesh size can be adjusted by changing the Mesh Scale Factor (MSF) in CFX-Mesh • Default MSF is 0. 6 • Larger meshes produced for tall thin axial blades than for radial blades • CFX-Mesh MSF preference has no effect on template MSF, only on new mesh sessions 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -30

Version 1. 0 TS: Mesh Tips Training Manual • CFX-Mesh is fairly robust with the default template settings, but can fail for usual reasons: edit in CFX-Mesh to diagnose and fix the problem • Mesh is relatively coarse, but finer than typical meshes produced in Blade. Gen. Plus (No inflation on hub/shroud in BG+) • May need to add mesh controls to resolve details, e. g. the wake region downstream of the blade 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -31

Version 1. 0 TS: New blade CFD simulation Training Manual • What is new in ANSYS Turbo Pre 11. 0? – Minor changes made to CFX-Pre Turbo Mode: • “Machine Type” specified in Basic Settings • Slight changes to Component Definition – Turbo CCL data now passed to CFX-Post for turbo initialization and report creation – Must write def file from Turbo Mode to get full benefit of the Turbo CCL data, otherwise only subset of information is passed 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -32

Version 1. 0 TS: Solver Manager Training Manual • Compression/expansion efficiency variables written to res file by default for compressible fluids when using Turbo Mode; the global efficiency values can be monitored in Solver Manager • When simulation is complete, Solver Manager now asks user whether to load the new solution in CFX-Post 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -33

Version 1. 0 TS: Turbo Reports Training Manual • Turbo Report Templates for typical single bladerow components • Reports can be used for multibladerow analyses by loading components individually 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -34

Version 1. 0 TS: Turbo Reports Training Manual • Reports are similar in content to BG+ reports: – – Mesh summary Physics summary Computed results 1 D charts for blade loading and averaged quantities – 2 D/3 D plots • Report templates can be modified by the user (CFXetcPost. Reports) 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -35

Version 1. 0 TS: Blade Design Iteration Training Manual • User wants to go back to Blade. Gen and update design • Manual steps for re-analysis: – Update geometry in Meshing Application and regenerate mesh – Reload the mesh file in CFX-Pre and rewrite def file – Rerun solver – Load new res file with existing report (state file) or reload report template 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -36

Version 1. 0 TS: Improvements from BG+ Training Manual • Better control over meshing • Interactive 3 D graphics for easier visualization of model, results, etc. • All the benefits of the latest CFX software (Pre/Solve/Post), e. g. real gas, turbulence models, parallel solver • Easier to move from simple blade analysis to full CFX functionality, e. g. multi-bladerow, advanced physics, FSI 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -37

Version 1. 0 Key Point Training Manual • Blade. Modeler is a blade geometry creation product that consists of three components: – Blade. Gen – Blade creation and editing tool – Design. Modeler – Workbench CAD solid modeler – Blade. Editor – Add-In to Design. Modeler that can import and convert Blade. Gen geometry into a solid model • Blade. Modeler is a useful tool for generating blade geometry for a CFD or FEA analysis 3/23/2007 © 2007 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Blade. Modeler 11. 0 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary Inventory #002498 3 -38