[Solution by pSeven for multiple engineering software users.]
Multiple software integration operations and data unification methods. In addition, an introduction to optimization and prediction model generation using data.
[Agenda]
- Integration & Automation
- Design Exploration
- Run-Ready Workflows
- Use Cases
2. Agenda
▪ Integration & Automation:
▪ Generic Integration
▪ Direct Integration
▪ Process Automation
▪ Design Exploration
▪ Run-Ready Workflows
▪ Use Cases:
▪ Optimization of Bus Suspension Beam Geometry
▪ Optimization of the Marine Propeller Shape in a Uniform Flow
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Integration &
Automation
3. Generic Integration
You can integrate almost any software, for example:
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4. Direct Integration
pSeven supports direct integration for popular major CAD/CAE and engineering tools, like:
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Direct CAD Integration:
Direct CAE Integration:
Engineering Tools Integration:
5. Process Automation
Workflow consists of blocks, connections and parameters that provide:
▪ 다양한 소프트웨어의 단일 workflow 구성
▪ Workflow 실행 자동화
▪ 다수의 workflow 통합
▪ 실행 데이터 및 히스토리 자체 DB 저장
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6. Agenda
▪ Integration & Automation:
▪ Generic Integration
▪ Direct Integration
▪ Process Automation
▪ Design Exploration
▪ Run-Ready Workflows
▪ Use Cases:
▪ Optimization of Bus Suspension Beam Geometry
▪ Optimization of the Marine Propeller Shape in a Uniform Flow
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Integration &
Automation
8. Agenda
▪ Integration & Automation:
▪ Generic Integration
▪ Direct Integration
▪ Process Automation
▪ Design Exploration
▪ Run-Ready Workflows
▪ Use Cases:
▪ Optimization of Bus Suspension Beam Geometry
▪ Optimization of the Marine Propeller Shape in a Uniform Flow
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Integration &
Automation
9. Run-Ready Workflows
pSeven allows creating predefined or so-called “Run-ready workflows”:
▪ Inputs 과 parameters 값만 변경할 수 있도록 구성
▪ 비 숙련자 대상의 제품 개발 프로세스에 사용 가능
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Inputs Outputs
Parameters Monitors
10. Agenda
▪ Integration & Automation:
▪ Generic Integration
▪ Direct Integration
▪ Process Automation
▪ Design Exploration
▪ Run-Ready Workflows
▪ Use Cases:
▪ Optimization of Bus Suspension Beam Geometry
▪ Optimization of the Marine Propeller Shape in a Uniform Flow
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Integration &
Automation
11. Optimization of Bus Suspension Beam Geometry
Objective
▪ Beam mass minimization
▪ Complying constrains on stresses and strains for two load cases:
▪ vertical loading
▪ braking
Details
▪ 13 parameters are varied
▪ Problem has 8 constrains
▪ Geometry is prepared in PTC Creo
▪ Stresses and strains are calculated in ANSYS Mechanical
Results
▪ Mass is reduced by 6% (from 55 to 52 kg)
▪ Number of iterations – 450
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12. Optimization of the Marine Propeller Shape in a Uniform Flow
Objective
▪ Increase the propeller’s efficiency at the fixed mode with strictly specified
constraints
Challenges
▪ Many parameters, describing the propeller blade (more than 100)
▪ Time-consuming numerical simulation of the propeller in STAR-CCM+CFD
software
▪ Various simulation software had to be integrated in a single workflow
Solution
▪ Dedicated Flypoint Parametrica software was developed to build
parametric propulsor models (the number of parameters reduced to 23)
▪ One-objective optimization problem with constraints was solved with the
help of pSeven
▪ pSeven workflow engine allowed to integrate the all the software
Result
▪ Propeller’s efficiency increased by 1.5%
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