Mastering Turbomachinery Cfd Simulations With Ansys Cfx

Unlock the Power of Turbomachinery CFD: Become a Pro with Ansys CFX!

What you'll learn

Perform challenging CFD simulations for turbomachinery applications

Model, mesh and analyze turbomachinery components using Ansys CFX software

Performance evaluation of turbomachinery components

Compare and validate analysis results with test data

Gain expertise in interpreting simulation results, visualizing flow patterns, and extracting critical performance metrics

Requirements

Basic understanding turbomachinery components and CFD

Ansys 2023 R1 or higher version installed.

Description

Introduction: "Mastering Turbomachinery CFD Simulations with Ansys CFX" course is designed to help you gain the knowledge needed to navigate the intricate field of turbomachinery design and analysis with confidence. This course provides the complete fundamentals of CFD simulations for turbomachinery components using Ansys CFX.Major part of course content includes demonstration of analysis for turbomachinery components like axial/centrifugal compressors, axial/radial turbines, pumps, hydro turbines, wind turbines, etc. Preliminary design methods using Ansys tools are also explained in few chapters. Advanced design methods and design tools are mostly used for real world turbomachinery problems and it is not covered in this course.Basic mesh generation method is also specified in few chapters of this course. Complete course on mesh generation using Ansys Turbogrid is already available in Udemy. Two assignments are provided in this course for practicing Ansys CFX turbomachinery simulations. This will help to get hands on experience with the software.What will I learn?How to model, mesh and analyse turbomachinery components using Ansys CFX software.Analysis of turbo components like axial/radial compressors, turbines, pumps, blowers, wind turbines, etc.Setting the problem, specifying boundary conditions in CFX Preprocessor, solving the case in CFX solver and post processing in CFX Post processor.Steady state and transient CFD simulations.Performance evaluation of turbomachinery components.Basic checks to be done and error handling methods in Ansys CFX.By following the steps, students/professionals can quickly learn this software and use for real world problems.RequirementsBasic understanding turbomachinery components and CFDAnsys 2023 R1 or higher version installed.Computer with at least 4GB RAM

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Introduction to Ansys CFX

Lecture 3 Course contents and workflow

Section 2: Axial compressor CFD analysis (Rotor 37)

Lecture 4 Rotor 37 Case setup

Lecture 5 Rotor 37 post processing

Section 3: Multi stage axial compressor CFD analysis

Lecture 6 Multi stage compressor pre processing

Lecture 7 Rotor stator interface

Lecture 8 Multi stage compressor pre processing (contd..)

Lecture 9 Turbulence models

Lecture 10 CFD Solution and Post processing

Section 4: Design and analysis of axial fan stage

Lecture 11 Design of axial fan stage

Lecture 12 Meshing and Pre processing axial fan stage

Lecture 13 Post processing CFD results

Section 5: Assignment 1

Lecture 14 CFD Analysis of rotor blade

Section 6: Design and analysis of centrifugal compressor

Lecture 15 Design of centrifugal compressor

Lecture 16 Case setup and solution

Section 7: Analysis of centrifugal compressor with vane diffuser and volute

Lecture 17 Case introduction and workbench meshing

Lecture 18 Pre processing centrifugal compressor

Lecture 19 Post processing centrifugal compressor

Section 8: Axial turbine stage analysis

Lecture 20 Axial turbine stage analysis

Section 9: Wind turbine analysis

Lecture 21 Wind turbine fluid domain creation

Lecture 22 Fluid domain meshing

Lecture 23 Case setup and solution

Lecture 24 Post processing results

Section 10: Hydroturbine simulation

Lecture 25 Francis Turbine analysis

Section 11: Assignment 2

Lecture 26 Assignment 2 Problem

Lecture 27 Assignment 2 Solution

Section 12: Parametric analysis of rotor 37

Lecture 28 Compressor characteristics generation (Rotor37)

Section 13: Inlet profile boundary condition

Lecture 29 Profile boundary condition method1

Lecture 30 Profile boundary condition method2

Section 14: Transient analysis

Lecture 31 Introduction

Lecture 32 Transient analysis - Profile transformation

Lecture 33 Transient analysis - Time transformation

Lecture 34 Course Conclusion

Engineers, researchers, and students with basic knowledge on turbomachinery components and interested in learning turbomachinery CFD simulations