The aircraft engine sector is extremely competitive and unreliable manufacturers cannot survive. The risks are high, and engine manufacturers are constantly challenged to develop innovative products.

Therefore, extensive research efforts are currently focused on the following four main areas:

• Safety: Researchers focus on engine designs capable of guaranteeing safe air travel.
• Noise: With increased government regulations on permitted noise levels, quiet engine designs are gaining traction.
• Efficiency: Researchers are focused at developing better fuel-efficient aircraft engines capable of lowering costs and increasing payload.
• Eco-friendliness: With fuel-efficient engines, the release of dangerous substances to the atmosphere will be drastically reduced.

Although today’s aircraft engines are technologically sophisticated and high-performing, engineers are still attempting to make new breakthroughs and deliver even better designs—and simulation technology is proving to be key.

ANSYS simulation solutions provide engineers with an extensive collection of high-fidelity, productivity-improving multiphysics tools to address the aircraft engines engineering challenges head-on.

Fans and blowers are devices for inducing movement of air or other gases. They are usually used for ventilation, power generation, and other industrial processes. Fans are manufactured in a variety of shapes and sizes, including centrifugal flow fans, mixed flow fans, and axial flow fans.

Just like any other rotating machinery, fans and blowers should be efficient, perform within desired operating range, and limit noise output.

ANSYS offers a comprehensive collection of rotating machinery-specific simulation solutions to assist engineers forecast machine performance under real-world conditions and develop efficient, and high-performing fans and blowers.

Gas and steam turbines are usually used for power production and various mechanical drive purposes. Gas turbines utilize gas or other liquid substances to generate power while steam turbines utilize pressurized steam to generate power. Both machines can be used in a combined-cycle setup for power production.

Although today’s gas and steam turbines are already technologically advanced, the industry is still demanding even better performing machinery. As such, current improvements are aimed at achieving enhanced turbine thermal efficiency, minimal fuel usage, lowered carbon emissions, and protracted service life.

To realize these objectives, engineers have adopted simulation-driven product development. ANSYS simulation software has the breadth and depth to ensure gas and steam turbines meet the desired goals.

Industrial compressors and expanders are of different types and serve various purposes, including waste water management, powering heavy tools, processing food, refining oil, and deep water diving. Expanders are normally used for power generation, refrigeration purposes, and natural gas processing. Turbochargers enhance the engine’s overall performance, and are often used on vehicle, aircraft, and construction machinery engines.

Since industrial compressors, expanders, and turbochargers all depend on a compressor and a turbine for proper functioning, engineers usually employ the same tools in their design and assessment.

ANSYS engineering simulation solutions enable companies comply with the strictest industry and customer requirements related to development of compressors, expanders, and turbochargers. The suite’s versatility empowers engineers to overcome challenging problems and deliver efficient and innovative products.

Marine propellers are used for “pushing” or “propelling” sea vessels forward. Today’s marine engineers usually encounter various challenges, including ensuring propellers are safe to use, capable of minimizing fuel usage, and performing optimally in extreme conditions.

By using the high-fidelity ANSYS simulation tools, marine engineers can overcome the challenges and deliver highly-efficient propellers. ANSYS enables the design, prototyping, and testing of propellers to take place in a virtual environment, resulting in reduced noise output, minimized vibrations, and reliable designs—irrespective of the marine vessel’s type and size.

Pumps and water turbines are widely used for various purposes, including transporting fluids (liquids or gases) and electric power production. These machines are normally required to operate at peak efficiency, as promised, and without making much noise.

Innovative engineers around the world are using ANSYS simulation tools to vary different model parameters and develop the best-impact design trade-offs that guarantee optimal quality and performance of pumps and water turbines.

Wind turbine deployment has increased substantially in recent years mainly because of growing preferences for alternative, clean energy sources. In 2015, wind energy output increased by above 17%, reaching 841 tWh, which represented about 3% of the global electricity production.

With the rapid growth of wind energy, engineers are compelled to develop state-of-the-art turbines capable of generating reliable wind power, boosting the overall plant capacity, and meeting the growing world energy demand.

ANSYS simulation software offer high-fidelity advanced multiphysics virtual environment to empower turbine engineers achieve various goals, including:

• Properly understand the aerodynamics at the turbine installation locations.
• Correctly use engineering materials for optimal rotors performance.
• Ensure turbine mechanical components are light in weight.
• Guarantee the reliability and sturdiness of every component.
• Cause minimal impact to the environment.
• Comply with the stipulated noise limit levels.
• Ensure efficient power production, even during low wind speeds.
• Ensure maximum safety.
• Guarantee minimal, foreseeable maintenance costs.