AxSTREAM
AxSTREAM is a software suite designed by SoftInWay Inc. for the conceptual design of
AxSTREAM is used for:
- Axial turbines
- Axial compressors
- Radial turbines
- Centrifugal compressors
- Axial fans
- Blowers
- Axial-flow pumps
- Centrifugal Pumps
- Turbopumps
While creating a new design, AxSTREAM allows the user to start from initial inlet and outlet parameters, geometrical constraints, required
AxSTREAM includes a CFD module to perform 3D calculation of flow in interblade channels for both separate blade rows and the whole flow path.
During the optimization of new or existing flow paths, AxSTREAM enables the user:
- To change the geometry "manually" with the help of a user-friendly interface and further analysis in the 1D/2D solver and optimization using the existing infrastructure;
- To optimize the flow path using Design of Experiment methods (DoE).
While making thermodynamic calculations of the existing flow paths, AxSTREAM provides off-design operation characteristics and allows comparison with the experiment data.
One of AxSTREAM's features is high integration of all software components, which allows users to combine separate phases of design to create a single processing chain. Having designed a flow path, AxSTREAM can export the resulting geometry to CAD/CAE systems (e.g. UGS, Pro-E, SolidWorks, Fluent, AutoCAD, ANSYS CFX, NUMECA etc.).