Concepts NREC Releases Agile Engineering Design System 2009 Turbomachinery Software

By DE Editors

Concepts NREC’s Agile Engineering Design System 2009 (Agile 2009) software is now shipping. Upgraded with more than 40 new computer-aided engineering (CAE) features and enhancements, Agile 2009 provides turbomachinery engineers with new design and analysis capabilities.

Some of the new features and upgrades in the Agile 2009 include pushbutton computational fluid dynamics (PushbuttonCFD) volute support, integrated finite element analysis (FEA), global grid smoothing, mixed grid topologies, and mass-flow boundary conditions.

Agile 2009 PushbuttonCFD volute solution was developed with Concepts NREC’s research budget. Because, industry wide, laying out volutes has been notoriously expensive, Concepts NREC applied research funds to develop the PushbuttonCFD volute solution, a previously missing piece in the turbomachinery engineering puzzle. 

The integrated FEA stress analysis capabilities found in Agile 2009 consolidate turbomachinery engineering, design, and analysis tools. Designers now weigh all the variables earlier in the process, saving time and money by eliminating the need for a lot of back-and-forth between aerodynamics and stress analysis teams, which in turn reduces errors and leads to better trade-off studies. 

Enhancements made to grid generation in Agile 2009 include global grid smoothing and mixed grid topologies that allow for better grid quality for fully integrated turbomachinery engineering, design, and analysis.

Mass-flow boundary conditions, now available in Agile 2009, allow for solutions to be set to converge to specific mass flows. Additionally, mass flow boundary conditions can increase solutions ranges.

For more information, visit Concepts NREC.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.