Next month, CD-adapco holds the 2016 STAR Global Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Design exploration is highlighted in various applications across several industries. Below are some examples of the work to be presented using HEEDS technology. As with each edition, we strive to bring you useful articles and examples of how HEEDS is being used to help engineers discover better designs, faster. Keep reading to learn more about exciting HEEDS-related happenings.

Customer Spotlight 

Design Space Exploration for Modern Gas Turbines

B&B-AGEMA, a German service provider for power plant engineering and turbomachinery design, is improving the performance of gas turbines by using advanced shaped film cooling holes. In modern gas turbines, film cooling technology is essential for the protection of hot parts. Today, shaped holes are widely used, but besides others, the NEKOMIMI-shaped cooling holes have shown that there is still potential to increase the film cooling effectiveness for high-speed turbines. In this study, HEEDS was used to efficiently and automatically vary the cooling hole design parameters in order to search the available design space and identify design candidates that significantly improve cooling performance. The work will be presented at the 2016 STAR Global Conference in Prague on March 7th.

Designing Lithium-Ion Batteries for High Energy

Consumer demand for longer runtime in electronic devices, especially cellular phones, is a major factor driving lithium-ion battery development. Typically, the battery engineer is given a specific shaped volume for the battery and then must develop a design that maximizes the energy and minimizes the cost. Battery Design LLC will present at 2016 STAR Global Conference how computer-aided design, in particular HEEDS and Battery Design Studio (BDS), enable exploration of a large number of cell designs with various constraints.

Improving Air Mixing in Modern Commercial Aircraft

Airbus engineers were looking for a way to better leverage their simulation models to quickly and easily perform design exploration of aircraft components and subsystems. Previous DOE-based attempts to do this for components like static air mixers took too long and showed limited success. In this work, Optimate+™ was used to automate the design exploration of an aircraft component and identify high performing new designs in just weeks. This work will be presented at the 2016 STAR Global Conference in Prague on March 7th.

Pushing the Frontiers of Ground Transportation

Hyperloop Technology is engaged in the development of a high-speed ground transportation system that is expected to achieve speeds in excess of 1000 kph. By the end of 2016/early 2017, Hyperloop will prototype a full speed, full size and fully capable test track that will launch a vehicle to top speed in less than 15 seconds. To make this a reality, long-term development is ongoing to engineer a high efficiency, low cost, electric motor capable of 500 kW constant power band between 3000 and 6000 RPM. The motor concept is designed using the SPEED™ motor design software and is connected to HEEDS for design exploration of key design criteria. This project will be presented at the 2016 STAR Global Conference in Prague on March 8th.

Designing a New Generation 60-Foot Monohull Competition Ship

The International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) yachting rules allow a 60 foot-long racing boat to have only five appendages, most commonly one canting keel, two rudders and two daggerboards. The new generation is equipped with improved daggerboards, often called 'foils.' The skipper for IMOCA Ocean Racing, Michel Desjoyeaux, asked Mer Forte to look for improvements of the existing daggerboards. Optimate+™, based on HEEDS, was used to automate the process of evaluating each new daggerboard design concept and efficiently searching the design space to quickly identify better performing designs. Mer Forte will present their findings at the 2016 STAR Global Conference in Prague on March 8th.
 

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Webinar Replay

Did you miss last month's webinar on Powertrain Multidisciplinary Design Exploration? 
The webinar covered how HEEDS can be used to significantly improve diesel engine performance through: the design of an intake port for ideal flow conditions, tuning the engine system dynamics at a given operating point, and modifying the shape of the piston bowl for ideal performance versus emission characteristics. The three separate topics are inter-related and when combined intelligently into HEEDS design exploration studies, can help you discover better designs, Faster.  << Listen Now >>

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