Gas Turbine Simulation

Gas Turbine Simulation Software solution helping design next generation gas turbines

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ANSYS APPLICATIONS

Gas Turbine Design, Modeling and Simulation

Leverage Ansys simulation to design the next generation of gas turbines. Optimize your gas turbine design process, minimize overdesign, reduce costs and accelerate time to market with our end-to-end solution. By using digital testing early in development, design changes can be made quickly and more affordably. Ansys can help you innovate and design safe, reliable and efficient gas turbines.

Efficient Gas Turbine Design

15% Reduction In Fuel Burn

Leverage simulations to tune the overall performance of your gas turbine by reducing specific fuel consumption.

30% Cost Reduction

Explore how efficient simulation solutions help to cut development costs and reliance on physical testing.

33% Design Cycle Time Reduction

Discover how simulation helps to streamline the design process and reduce cycle time and minimize overdesign.

9x-16x return on investment

Investing in simulation provides a competitive edge.

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Ansys Fluent

FLUIDS

CFD software known for its advanced physics modeling and renowned for industry leading accuracy.

Modern user-friendly interface
Single window workflow—pre to post-processing
Streamlined meshing and physics workflows
Advanced physics modeling
Efficient meshing and solver HPC scaling

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Ansys CFX

FLUIDS

High performance CFD software recognized for outstanding accuracy, robustness and speed with turbomachinery applications.

Streamlined turbo setups
Blade design tool integration
Multi-stage CFD modeling
Transient blade row methods
Harmonic balance methods

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Ansys Mechanical

STRUCTURES

Solve broad structural analysis needs with a suite of finite element analysis (FEA) solutions that provides in-depth analysis of structural and coupled-field behaviors.

Easy to Use, Multi-Purpose Tool
Persistent, Dependable Solver Technology
Dynamic, Integrated Platform

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Ansys Granta MI Pro

MATERIALS

Fast-start Materials Data Management

User-friendly Materials Database
Compare materials properties
Integration with leading CAD and CAE products
2,600+ Materials Datasets pre-loaded

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Ansys LS-DYNA

STRUCTURES

Engage with a powerful, explicit simulation tool with integration into Ansys Mechanical. A large array of capabilities and material models enable complex models with great scalability.

Tackle simulations that are highly nonlinear
Simulate extreme deformation problems
Solve multiphysics problems with Incompressible CFD (ICFD), Electromagnetics (EM) and CESE /Compressible CFD and Chemistry solvers

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Ansys FENSAP-ICE

FLUIDS

Advanced CFD software for modeling icing and aerodynamic performance.

Accurate ice accretion physics
Aerodynamic penalty assessment
Ice protection and system analysis
Ice cracking and shedding for rotating systems
Robust workflow for accurate 3D ice shapes

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Ansys optiSLang

Connect

Ansys optiSLang is an enterprise-level process integration and design optimization solution that allows vendor-neutral process integration for evaluation of optimal product design alternatives for cost and performance benefits.

Simulation Tool Chain Automation
Better understanding with design exploration
AI/ML based design optimization
Robustness evaluation and risk quantification

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Learn more about the next-generation gas turbine design developed by Rolls Royce using Ansys simulation

Leading Aerospace Gas Turbine Design – Rolls Royce

SIEMENS Applies Ansys Tools for Probabilistic Analyses of Low Cycle Fatigue of Gas Turbine Housing

SIEMENS AG applies Ansys Statistics on Structures and Ansys optiSLang for probabilistic analyses of geometric variations and their influence on the fatigue behavior of a gas turbine housing.

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Optimize Gas Turbine Design with Simulation

Designing gas turbines to meet performance and safety standards remains a challenging process. Ansys offers a best-in-class multiphysics simulation solution for all gas turbine modules from inlet to exhaust. The end-to-end solution helps engine manufacturers increase safety, performance and efficiency while reducing emissions, noise, weight and maintenance cost.

Ansys delivers an end-to-end solution, providing a streamlined workflow that enables you to design innovative gas turbines

Leverage simulation to design gas turbines that meet performance and safety standards. Ansys’ gas turbine simulation solution helps to cut costs, speed time to market and reduce overdesign.

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Learn to account for cooling holes in CFD simulations

Turbine designers are challenged with perfecting blade aerodynamics while minimizing the use of cooling air. The size of cooling holes must be optimized in order to minimize the impact on aerodynamic efficiency.

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Ansys + SIEMENS analyzes fatigue behavior of a gas turbine housing

SIEMENS AG applies Ansys, Statistics on Structures and Ansys optiSLang for probabilistic analyses of geometric variations and their influence on the fatigue behavior of a gas turbine housing.

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Simulation Solutions

Ansys Offers Best-in-Class Gas Turbine Simulation Solutions

Gas turbine simulation is an integral part of the design process. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) demand robust, fast and accurate solutions to reach optimized designs the first time. Ansys offers a range of solutions including, but not limited to:

Aerodynamic performance
Combustion, acoustics and aerothermal
Structural durability and reliability
Foreign object damage, blade out and icing
Additive manufacturing, digital twin and ROMs
Process compression; Workflow Management

Ansys Expertise

Ansys Thought Leaders spotlight

Sunil Patil

Program Manager for Gas Turbines, Ansys

Sunil Patil is Program Manager for Gas Turbines, leading the strategy for the Gas Turbines solution portfolio. He has been with Ansys for 13 years and is based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to Ansys, he worked at GE Aviation supporting next generation engine programs. Sunil holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and has been serving on ASME and AIAA editorial boards and committees for the past 10 years.

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BY: Carlo Arguinzoni

5 Best Practices for Gas Turbine Combustor Meshing

Ansys Fluent accelerates the meshing of complex geometries, like those of gas turbine combustors, to generate a high-quality mesh.

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Design and Maintain Turbomachinery Using Ansys Simulation Solutions

How to Efficiently Simulate a Gas Turbine Flameout

5 Best Practices for Hydrogen Gas Turbine Combustor Meshing

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