BLADEGEN

1ANSYSCFX-BladeGenTutorialsPartOneNovember2010ANSYSBladeGenUser'sGuideContents.....................................3Introduction.......................................................................................4WhatisBladeGen?....................................................................4What'sNew?..............................................................................5SystemRequirements................................................................5SpecialTypefacesUsedinThisGuide.......................................5UsingOn-LineHelp....................................................................6HoverHelp.................................................................................6GettingTechnicalHelp...............................................................7ProgramOverview.............................................................................8UserInterfaceDescription..........................................................9OperatingModesandAssociatedViews..................................10BladeOverview........................................................................12LayerOverview........................................................................13CurveOverview........................................................................14User/DataInteractionSummary...............................................15GeneralUsageGuidelines.......................................................17GettingStarted................................................................................18InstallingtheSoftware..............................................................19ExecutingBladeGen................................................................20CreatingaNewBladeModel....................................................22OpeningaBladeGenFile.........................................................27SavingaBladeModel..............................................................29Tutorials..........................................................................................30CreatingaLowPressureRatioCompressorImpeller...............31CreatinganAxialFanBlade.....................................................42CreatingaRadialPumpImpeller..............................................52CreatinganAxialTurbineBlade...............................................58CreatingaCompressorImpellerwithaSplitterVane...............67ViewDescriptions............................................................................75CommonMouseFunctions......................................................76ViewLayoutControl.................................................................77CommonViews........................................................................78Angle/ThicknessModeSpecificViews.....................................80Pressure/SuctionModeSpecificView......................................833ANSYSBladeGenUser'sGuideContentsThisistheuser'sguideforANSYSBladeGen,whichcontainsthefollowingchapters.IntroductionProgramOverviewGettingStartedTutorialsViewDescriptionsProgramDetailsEvaluatingtheDesignDataImport/ExportBatchProcessingVistaCCDVistaCPDVistaRTDVistaAFDGlossaryDefinitionsAdditionalhelptopicsinclude:Context-SensitiveHelpFileFormatHelpUserIOHelp.4IntroductionThissectionprovidesanoverviewoftheBladeGensoftwareandUser'sGuide.Thefollowingtopicsarecovered:WhatisBladeGen?What'sNew?SystemRequirementsSpecialTypefacesUsedinThisGuideUsingOn-LineHelpGettingHelpWhatisBladeGen?BladeGenisacomponentofANSYSBladeModeler.TheBladeModelersoftwareisaspecialized,easy-to-usetoolfortherapid3-Ddesignofrotatingmachinerycomponents.IncorporatingANSYS,Inc’sextensiveturbomachineryexpertiseintoauser-friendlygraphicalenvironment,thesoftwarecanbeusedtodesignaxial,mixed-flowandradialbladecomponentsinapplicationssuchaspumps,compressors,fans,blowers,turbines,expanders,turbochargers,inducersandothers.BladeModelerprovidestheessentiallinkbetweenbladedesignandadvancedsimulationincludingcomputationalfluiddynamicsandstressanalyses.BladeModelercontainsarichsetoftoolsandfunctionsfordesigningaturbomachinerybladefromscratch,usingindustry-specifictools,workflow,andlanguagethatthebladedesignerexpects.WithBladeGen,theusercanre-designexistingbladestoachievenewdesigngoalsorcreatecompletelynewbladedesignsfromscratch.Wheneitherre-designingorevaluatinganexistingbladedesign,BladeGenfacilitatestheimportofbladegeometryinteractivelyorthroughusersuppliedfiles.BladeGenallowssculptedorruledelementbladeswithlinearorcompoundleanleadingortrailingedges.Over/Under-Filingcanbeappliedandleadingandtrailingedgeshapesareeasilyspecifiedasafullradius,anellipseratio,orasimplecutoff.BladeModelerrepresentsapivotallinkbetweenbladedesign,advancedanalysisandmanufacturing.UsedincombinationwithANSYSanalysissoftware,userscanrapidlyevaluatetheperformanceofacomponent.BladeGenmodelfilescanbeimportedintoDesignModelerusingtheBladeEditorfeature.BladeEditorprovidesaseamlesspathtobothstructuralandfluidanalysis,whichenablestheusertoefficientlytr