AxSTREAM

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rdf:langString AxSTREAM is a software suite designed by SoftInWay Inc. for the conceptualdesign of turbines and compressors and also thermodynamic calculationsof existing turbomachinery on-design and off-design operation. Theapplication area of the AxSTREAM software suite covers the design andredesign of turbomachinery, and educational fields. AxSTREAM is used for: * Axial turbines * Axial compressors * Radial turbines * Centrifugal compressors * Axial fans * Blowers * Axial-flow pumps * Centrifugal Pumps * Turbopumps While creating a new design, AxSTREAM allows the user to start frominitial inlet and outlet parameters, geometrical constraints, requiredmass flow rate (capacity) and rotational speed to perform preliminarydesign, 1D/2D calculation and optimization. Finally, it develops thecomplete flow path geometry including meridional shapes, profiles, andIGES model of each blade airfoil. As a multidisciplinary tool, AxSTREAMuses a simplified 1D structural module to check the design in the earlyphases during 1D/2D calculation and optimization. At the final stage ofdesign, AxSTREAM performs 3D structural and vibration analysis to checkthe blade. It is also capable of producing a Campbell Diagram to showharmful frequencies to the system. AxSTREAM includes a CFD module to perform 3D calculation of flow ininterblade channels for both separate blade rows and the whole flowpath. During the optimization of new or existing flow paths AxSTREAM enables the user: * To change the geometry "manually" with the help of a user-friendly interface and further analysis in the 1D/2D solver and optimization using the existing infrastructure; * To optimize the flow path using Design of Experiment methods (DoE). While making thermodynamic calculations of the existing flow paths,AxSTREAM provides off-design operation characteristics and allowscomparison with the experiment data. One of AxSTREAM's features is high integration of all softwarecomponents which allows users to combine separate phases of design tocreate a single processing chain. Having designed a flow path, AxSTREAMcan export the resulting geometry to CAD/CAE systems (e.g. UGS, Pro-E,SolidWorks, Fluent, AutoCAD, ANSYS CFX, etc.).