vol.7 #24 (41) Friday, February 7, 2006 Softinway, Inc.

AxSTREAM in Progress

AxSTREAM v1.7.05 Is Available!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, January 25, 2006

SoftInWay, Inc., is pleased to announce availability of a new version 1.7.05 of AxSTREAM™ - a professional tool for rapid turbomachinery flow path design and multidisplinary optimization that encompasses the complete engineering process of turbomachinery flow path conceptual design and multidisplinary optimization. It'll be first presented at daratechSummit2006, February 20-22, the Charles Hotel, Emerging Technologies Pavilion, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

AxSTREAM version 1.7.05 inherits all advantages of the preceded version appending some important features to amend and enrich the software capabilities in turbomachinery design and optimization.

The major new and weighty feature is addition a DoE-based optimization tool AxPLAN to Multistage Axial Compressor flow path computation. Besides performing preliminary design, cascades profiling, creation of airfoil 3D models, and generation of compressor maps, this addition allows to carry out compressor flow path optimization based on experiment planning technique.

New version provides the following additional key functional benefits to the turbomachinery designers that make the design and optimization process more sophisticated and convenient:

Compressor flow path optimization with DoE-based tool (AxPLAN)
Enhanced spatial airfoil profiling
Visualization of additional throat features in 2D and 3D realization
Replenished set of objective functions in AxPLAN
Extended set of airfoil profiling types

The new functionalities streamline the process of turbine / compressor analysis, extend AxSTREAM's capabilities, noticeably decrease time required for the project performance, and facilitate end-user operation.

Some details of a new update are as follows:

Compressor flow path optimization with DoE-based tool (AxPLAN)
Being previously successfully applied for turbine performance optimization, DoE-based AxPLAN™ module is enabled now for compressor computation. Optimization method used by AxPLAN requires only the values of the objective functions and state variables without their derivatives. It uses design of experiment (DoE) technique for the fast design space exploration generating compact formal models instead of huge original ones.
Enhanced spatial airfoil profiling
Airfoil 3D profiling is strengthened noticeably. Now user can assign parameter distributions with the help of a spline, forming by this smooth surfaces easily and rapidly.
Visualization of additional throat passage features in 2D and 3D realization
New post-processing capabilities make possible to visualize additionally channel throat's line, centroids line, minimum throat passage, and 3D throat location.
Replenished set of objective functions in AxPLAN
A set of objectives is extended with some functions, which allow to further expand domain of optimization.
Extended set of airfoil profiling types
A set of airfoil profiling types was modified and extended. From now on, it encompasses a profile's virtual model built with design angles given; profiling with given channel throat geometry preserved; usage of the profile loaded from ATLAS (AxSTREAM existing standard profiles database) with chord's scaling and with arrangement based on given throat geometry or stagger angle.

AxSTREAM with its unique capabilities gathered under one umbrella and supplemented with easy utilization of corporate design components (turbine, compressor, stage, airfoil) presented as libraries and special physical models is a choice for standalone exploration and for integration in any proprietary technologies within a company's organizations, as well.

In comparison with many other design codes & systems on the market, AxSTREAM features ultimate concentration of turbomachinery design procedures, providing fast and reliable solutions.

For more details or info, please address sales@softinway.co

AxSTREAM Worldwide

AxSTREAM's Distributors Family is Supplemented!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, January 18, 2006

SoftInWay, Inc., the developer of AxSTREAM™ - a professional tool for rapid turbomachinery flow path design and multidisplinary optimization, is pleased to announce the signing a distribution agreement for the South Korean market with Korea Simulation Technology Co. (Kostech Co.).
SoftInWay and Kostech Co. newly announced partnership further strengthens SIW's strategic market coverage in South Korea. Kostech will work closely with SoftInWay to offer progressive solutions embedded in AxSTREAM together with services requested for South Korean turbomachinery designers and manufacturers with the aim to meet the challenges of today's rapidly evolving industry.

Dr. Leonid Moroz, president and CEO of SoftInWay, said, "Asia is a very dynamic region and it is constantly attractive for exploration. The agreement with Kostech Co. opens a new channel relationship in the South Korea region and provides us with new opportunities to reach out to the design teams and manufacturing organizations that characterize Kostech's customer base. AxSTREAM addresses the growing needs of such companies in effective price-to-result tools that really save time to market. No doubt, our partnership with Kostech, a highly professional engineering consulting firm, will advance our products in the region for our mutual benefit.'

'Looking for diversifying and strengthening of our services, Kostech was pleased to establish close cooperation with SoftInWay that provides front-end solution in CAE for turbomachinery community, - Dr.Byeongsik Ko, Kostech's Director says. 'We chose AxSTREAM as a valuable contribution to the line of CAD/CAE products we represent in Korea. This package will enable manufacturing companies in this country to securely access the tool that completely fits their needs in turbomachinery design, redesign and reengineering. Being a tool that dramatically increase turbomachinery efficiency, AxSTREAM helps to save fuel for power plants, solving the problem that now deeply concerns the region and requires extraordinary measures to improve new and existing equipment characteristics.'

AxSTREAM™ is a professional powerful software suite that encompasses the complete engineering process of turbomachinery flow path conceptual design and multidisplinary optimization. This software empowers designers to apply a concurrent development approach, while solving coupled problems of performance, reliability, operating life, and low-cost design process.

Please address for more information:
sales @softinway.com - USA and worldwide.
bsko @kostech.co.kr - South Korea
rvn @actualmechanics.com - Russia, Ukraine, and other NIS countries

About SoftInWay
www.SoftInWay.com
A USA corporation, headquartered in Burlington, MA, SoftInWay's mission is to serve the high technology community by providing software products and engineering services in the area of research, design and digital prototyping of power generation equipment. The company develops products for rapid turbomachinery design, provides technical engineering services, and uses in-house and industry standard CFD, FEA and CAD tools to address design issues at the earliest possible stage to maximize engineering productivity and increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment. The core product, AxSTREAM™, is an integrated solution based on the over 400 years of collective turbomachinery experience of the SoftInWay's engineering team, with the clear goal of bringing to industry a professional software tool for rapid, optimized turbomachinery flow path design.

About Kostech Co.
www.kostech.co.kr
Korean Simulation Technology Co. is a dynamically growing South Korean engineering services and engineering products distributor company with a mission to serve regional design and manufacturing community with comprehensive CAD/CAE tools and service. From the beginning, Kostech provides access of regional design and manufacturing community to the tools and services for various industries. The growing importance of CAD/CAE in more and more processes and in most phases of the product life cycle has made Kostech an appreciated partner for the enterprises from small up to the well-known corporations.

5-Stage NICA Gas Turbine Design with AxSTREAM in a Day

5-STAGE NICA GAS TURBINE DESIGN WITH AxSTREAM

Abstract
A 5-stage gas turbine redesign was the subject of the project.
Its redesign and reengineering aiming increase in efficiency and reduction in blades count preserving main meridional dimensions was an objective.

The turbine was redesigned with minor changes in meridional outlines.
An increase in internal efficiency formed 2.75% (89.34 to 92.09%) while the number of airfoils was decreased by 30%.

The performance took near 8 hours on a standard commercial PC 1GHz.

The original design parameters calculated with AxSTREAM are shown in Table 1. These quantities and corresponding values formed initial data set for further computation.

Table 1


Fig. 1 Sketch of NIKA gas turbine original design	Fig. 2 Sketch of NIKA gas turbine after redesign with AxSTREAM

The changes came to minor increase in meridional expansion angle, reduction of blades count, and blades’ angles variation.

Turbine performance characteristics before and after redesign with AxSTREAM presents Table 2.

Table 2

To obtain best final results, optimization on the planes S1 and S2 were performed.
In the course of S1 optimization, the following parameters varied:
- Blade count
- t/b ratio

In the course of S2 optimization, the following parameters varied:
- reaction
- axial gap
- D2/D1 ratio or Dhub and Dshroud values
- l2/l1 ratio or l2 and l1 values

Hub diameters served as the constraints.

In the course of redesign, a DoE-based AxPLAN module was applied to more rapidly optimize target functions. AxPLAN provides visual presentation of optimization as 2D/3D topograms:

2D topogram of capacity vs B2 angle distribution

3D topogram of capacity vs B2 angle distribution

Angles’ distribution before redesign

The same after redesign

Reaction distribution before redesign

The same after redesign

Results of axisymmetric analysis

Resulting table for geometry of gas turbine original and new designs

Table 3 color map:
1. Blue - original design (Fig. 1)
2. Red - SIW design (Fig.2)

Table 3

Comparative table for original and new designs’ blade counts
Table 4 color map:
1– original design;
2– SIW design
3 – Blades number reduction effect for redesigned turbine

Table 4

Comparative table for original and new designs’ capacity
Table 5 color map:
Original design;
SIW design

Table 5

For more details or info, please address sales@softinway.com

SoftInWay Through the Prism of Events

SoftInWay will Display its Solutions at daratechSUMMIT2006 on PLM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, January 25, 2006

SoftInWay, Inc., the developer of AxSTREAM™ - a professional tool for rapid turbomachinery flow path design and multidisplinary optimization, is pleased to announce that Daratech, Inc., a leading provider of information technology market research and technology assessment and executive-level conferences for manufacturing, engineering, construction and plant operations, selected SIW as an Emerging Technology Partner of daratechSUMMIT2006.

Locating at Emerging technologies pavilion, SoftInWay will showcase its solutions in PDM/CAE for turbomachinery design.

Leonid Moroz, SoftInWay President and CEO, addresses distinct and other characteristics of AxSTREAM: 'Our goal was to develop a tool, which will be significant part of PDM/CAE process covering under one umbrella different disciplines and steps of design process. AxSTREAM is a key component of rapid turbomachinery design for the systems (aircraft engine, power station etc) and the systems' elements. As a result, with all features accumulated in one product, AxSTREAM accelerates product development, improves and ensures quality, enhancing a product's final marketability and success and saves time and money.'

AxSTREAM with its unique capabilities to easy utilize corporate design elements (turbine, compressor, stage, airfoil) presented as libraries, special physical models and with the features for corporate interoperability is a choice for integration in any proprietary technologies within a company's organizations.

In comparison with many other design codes & systems on the market, AxSTREAM features ultimate concentration of PLM, PDM/EDM and CAD/CAE, providing fast and reliable solutions.

About SoftInWay
www.SoftInWay.com
A USA corporation, headquartered in Burlington, MA, SoftInWay's mission is to serve the high technology community by providing software products and engineering services in the area of research, design and digital prototyping of power generation equipment. The company develops products for rapid turbomachinery design, provides technical engineering services, and uses in-house and industry standard CFD, FEA and CAD tools to address design issues at the earliest possible stage to maximize engineering productivity and increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment. The core product, AxSTREAMTM, is an integrated solution based on the over 400 years of collective turbomachinery experience of the SoftInWay's engineering team, with the clear goal of bringing to industry a professional software tool for rapid, optimized turbomachinery flow path design.

About Daratech
www.daratech.com
Daratech, Inc. is a leading provider of information technology market research and technology assessment, advisory and strategic consulting services, and executive-level conferences for manufacturing, engineering, construction and plant operations. Established in 1979, Daratech specializes in PLM, CAD/CAM, digital product simulation (CAE), PDM/EDM, document/enterprise content management, AECO PLM (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, plant lifecycle management), GIS and related areas.

Openings in SoftInWay

Welcome to join SoftInWay Incorporate! We invite you to explore the vacancies presented below:

Project Manager
This individual will be responsible for all-round technical preparation and evaluation of project proposals in FEA-based CFD, Heat Transfer, Stress- Strain areas. Recommending improvements, the project's technical issues coordination including problems' review, sophisticated model description, precise boundary conditions evaluation, and gathering and analysis of other data required for providing further non-stop development process.

Also responsible for building and maintaining development schedules and fulfilling project deliverables on time, from inception to client sign-off. Beyond this, the candidate needs to have very sharp analytical skills, which s/he will use through the project life cycle, including detailed pre-development proposal analysis, projects feasibility estimation, and user requirements analysis.

Requirements:
" Masters Degree or Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with significant related experience.
" 5+ years of complex Mechanical Engineering project management, engineering application development, design, and implementation experience.
" Experience in FEA-contained packages' implementation like ANSYS and/or similar toolkits is required.
" Principle knowledge in CFD, Heat Transfer, Stress-Strain, Machine Design is extremely appreciated.
" Must be strongly focused and extremely organized.
" Proven experience in writing specifications, quality assurance, project complexity, labor effort estimation, and risk analysis skills.
" Exceptional oral and written communications skills in English and Russian are essential.
" PMI certification is a plus.

CAE Software Developer

This individual should have experience in development of complex engineering software projects and a strong background in CAE tools. Excellent understanding of FEA and / or CFD methods and issues. It is essential that the individual has a strong desire to learn and explore new technologies and is able to demonstrate good problem solving skills.

Requirements:

• B.Sc., or M.Sc., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Math or Physics with respectfully 5+, or 3+ , or 0-1 years of experience in engineering software development (C, C++, FORTRAN);

• Thorough knowledge of FEA and / or CFD methods;

• Hands on experience with at least one of the following tools: ANSYS, MSC.Software, ABAQUS, I-Deas, CATIA, Fluent, or CFX. Experience with SolidWorks and / or Pro/E is a plus.

Sales Engineer/Project Manager

The essential job function of this person is business development and sales of engineering/software development consulting services including:

- forecast development to achieve national sales goals,

- developing and implementing a strategic sales plan to achieve national sales goals;

- identify, close and maintain key accounts;

- provide information to marketing to improve products and profitability;

- monitor and assess major competitors' activities and products.

The person will perform sales work inside and outside in support of SoftInWay's engineering services for diverse industries including Aerospace, Power Generation, Automotive, Energy, Petrochemical, Utilities, Gas, etc. He/She will prepare proposals or service contracts for SoftInWay's engineering services with deep understanding of customer requirements and company's team Design and Engineering abilities in FEA-based CFD, Heat Transfer, and Structural applications development. Coordinate and schedule marketing activity. Serve as Project Manager for various projects, both temporary and ongoing.

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 year Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related areas with significant related experience at Power Generation Machinery oriented companies like GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Alstom.
• 5 - 8 years experience of surpassing sales quotas in selling consulting services to C-level executives in engineering and scientific.
• Principle knowledge in CFD, Heat Transfer, Stress-Strain, Machine Design, CAD/CAE, and Visualization is appreciated. Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project is a plus.

• Excellent prospecting and presentation skills .
• Must be strongly focused and extremely organized.

• Exceptional oral and written communications skills are essential.

About SoftInWay Corporation

About SoftInWay. A USA corporation, headquartered in Burlington, MA, SoftInWay's mission is to serve the high technology community by providing software products and engineering services in the area of research, design and digital prototyping of power generation equipment. The company develops products for rapid turbomachinery design, provides technical engineering services, and uses in-house and industry standard CFD, FEA and CAD tools to address design issues at the earliest possible stage to maximize engineering productivity and increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment. The core product, AxSTREAMTM, is an integrated solution based on the over 400 years of collective turbomachinery experience of the SoftInWay's engineering team, with the clear goal of bringing to industry a professional software tool for rapid, optimized turbomachinery flow path design.

For more information, visit http://www.softinway.com/ or call 781-685-4942.

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