turbomachinery

Electrically operated high temperature furnaces and reactors are used in many industrial manufacturing processes such as sintering or single crystal growth in order to allow for the required process conditions. In view of their outstanding characteristics refractory metals are ideally suited as materials for the resistive heating elements. Nevertheless, significant and lifetime-limiting irreversible deformations of these elements can be frequently observed which are assumed to be caused by a combination of temperature expansion, electromagnetic forces, and high temperature creep effects.

Identication of fatigue cracks in turbo-machinery components is a vital but costly effort. This work focuses on nonlinearities in the response behavior resulting from the opening and closing of cracks that results in super-harmonic resonances due to harmonic excitations. Experimental results for a cracked cantilever beam are presented as well as the results from numerical simulations of an integrally bladed compressor disk FE model.

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We would like to offer you step by step Video Tutorials of IOSO Optimization coupled with Concepts NREC and NUMECA software:

1) http://vimeo.com/16668245 by this we show how easily you can use direct integration capabilities between IOSO and Concepts NREC software to solve optimization tasks in turbomachinery

2) http://vimeo.com/16805244 here we consider IOSO – NUMECA coupled solution on the example of an optimization case study for turbomachinery

SoftInWay invites engineers to take part in free 1-hour webinar "Design of High Efficiency Steam Turbine in AxSTREAM" that will take place on Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST.



The webinar demonstrates the steps of steam turbine design on 1D/2D level, with particular focus on influence of different factors on turbine efficiency at the following stages of design:



- 1D Preliminary design and optimization: number of stages, geometrical and structural constraint

SoftInWay Inc. continues the online training series on turbomachinery design and announces the schedule for the second part of 2010:

On May 27, 2010, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST SoftInWay will hold free webinar "AxSTREAM 3.0: Design of Multispool Axial Compressor. From Specification to 3D Blade Design".



In the course of the 1-hour online presentation, the SoftInWay team will showcase the new features of AxSTREAM 3.0 for multispool compressors, namely:



1.  Ability to assess multiple criteria to choose the optimal flow path design.

2.  Flow path geometry adjustment according to designer's goals (using manual and S1 adjustment and spline).

On April 15, 2010, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST SoftInWay will host free webinar "AxSTREAM Generation 3: New Features for Radial Turbomachines" that will showcase the new features of the AXSTREAM software suite for radial turbines and centrifugal compressors. The presentation is followed by an open forum where SoftInWay's experts will answer the attendees' questions.



The webinar's contents and screenshots are available at http://www.softinway.com/education/webinar.asp