ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes
ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes
TurboSystem is a set of software applications and software features that help you to perform turbomachinery analyses in ANSYS Workbench.
ANSYS TurboGrid is a meshing tool for turbomachinery blade rows. The release notes for ANSYS TurboGrid are given at “ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes > "TurboGrid Release Notes"”.
CFX-Pre, a CFD preprocesor, and CFD-Post, a CFD postprocessor, are part of the ANSYS CFX product. Both of these products have Turbomachinery-specific features. The release notes for CFX-Pre are given at “ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes > "CFX Release Notes"”. The release notes for CFD-Post are given at “ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes > "CFD-Post Release Notes"”.
Release notes for the remaining TurboSystem applications are provided in the following sections:
Note: | After reviewing these release notes, you are encouraged to see Usage Notes, which describes some known TurboSystem-related workflow issues and recommended practices for overcoming these issues. |
BladeGen is a geometry-creation tool for turbomachinery blade rows.
Vista RTD and Vista CCD are no longer available from BladeGen. For details, see Vista RTD and Vista CCD.
When you perform the Create New Blade CFD Mesh command (available by right-clicking the Blade Design cell of a BladeGen system), ANSYS Meshing is used to create a mesh. Formerly, ANSYS CFX-Mesh was used for this purpose. CFX-Mesh is no longer supported in ANSYS Workbench 13.0. Because the two meshing applications are different, the meshes generated by ANSYS Meshing will differ from those previously created by CFX-Mesh in earlier versions of Workbench. For more information, see Tips on using Automated Meshing in the TurboSystem.
ANSYS BladeEditor is a plugin for ANSYS DesignModeler for creating, importing, and editing blade geometry.
Airfoil Design Mode
Airfoil Design Mode enables you to define a blade using profiles rather than camberline and thickness definitions. In this release, this feature is primarily intended for axial turbomachinery. For details on Airfoil Design Mode, see Blades made using Blade Section (Airfoil Design Mode) Sub-features in the TurboSystem.
Auxiliary view (no longer a Beta feature)
This feature includes a blade-to-blade view and a blade lean angle graph.
Blade design parameterization (no longer a Beta feature)
This feature enables you to assign an input parameter to any numeric BladeEditor feature property.
Vista TF is a tool for performing rapid throughflow analyses of rotating machinery for preliminary design purposes.
Installation note: Vista TF is always installed, but CFD-Post is required to post-process Vista TF results. Without CFD-Post, the Results cell of the Vista TF system will not be visible.
Vista TF was developed by PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln, England.
Vista RTD is a program for the preliminary design of radial inflow turbines. It can be used to rapidly generate an optimized 1D turbine design before moving to a full 3D geometry model and CFD analysis. See "TurboSystem: Vista RTD" for details on using this new version of Vista RTD.
Vista RTD was developed by PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln, England.
Vista RTD has been improved to work for a wider range of operating conditions.
Enhancements to Vista RTD:
Vista RTD has moved from BladeGen to ANSYS Workbench.
Input data may be declared as parameters via the properties view.
Vista CCD is a program for the preliminary design of centrifugal compressors. See "TurboSystem: Vista CCD" for details on using this new version of Vista CCD.
Vista CCD was developed by PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln, England.
Vista CCD has been improved to work for a wider range of operating conditions.
Enhancements to Vista CCD:
Vista CCD has moved from BladeGen to ANSYS Workbench.
Input data may be declared as parameters via the properties view.
Vista CCD now supports real gas properties using the Redlich Kwong equation of state model. RGP files are no longer supported in this version.