Concepts NREC Updated Agile Engineering Design System

Concepts NREC announces the latest release of the Agile Engineering Design System. The Agile Engineering Design System (AEDS) is an integrated suite of software modules for computer-aided engineering (CAE) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) specialized for turbomachinery.

V2025.1 is a major new release and includes the first release of the ARMD rotordynamics software as an integrated part of the AEDS. Users can launch ARMD from within AxCent to analyze rotordynamics in real time during the design process. The release also includes the integration of ADS Code LEO, a GPU powered computational fluid dynaics code that can run fast as a turbomachinery CFD solvers. In addition the cycle analysis software CYCAL is now available as part of the AEDS.

All of the modules have significant new capabilities, the most significant being the addition of secondary flow models for seals in all of the meanline codes, the transfer of the seal geometry to AxCent and pbCFD and the ability to analyze leakage paths in pbCFD. TurboOpt II ties everything together with a new Design of Experiments (DOE) feature to explore design tradeoffs in all areas. The machining software, MAX-PAC has undergone a major upgrade to the MAX-SI module of 5-axis machining of integrally shrouded impellers.

“The new release provides turbomachinery designers some powerful new tools at their fingertips, the ability to do rotordynamics analysis in parallel with aero design and the ability to run CFD 15-120X faster on GPUs will deliver huge competitive advantages to our users," says Dr. Peter Weitzman, president of Agile Engineering Software.

Version 2025.1 is available now for active Agile Product Support (APS) members to download. To schedule a live demo or request a trial license, contact [email protected]..

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