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TURBOdesign Suite Release 2025.2

TURBOdesign Suite Release 2025.2

TL;DR: TURBOdesign Suite 2025.2 Release

The 2025.2 release is focused on speed, automation, and manufacturing readiness for turbomachinery design.

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What is Reactive Response Surface (RRS )?

What is Reactive Response Surface (RRS )?

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The Reactive Response Surface (RRS) optimizer is a Machine Learning method that efficiently finds optimal solutions by intelligently selecting data points for...

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Machine Learning for Hydraulic Francis Runner Design Optimization

Machine Learning for Hydraulic Francis Runner Design Optimization

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A new methodology uses 3D Inverse Design technology coupled with Reactive Response Surface (RRS) Machine Learning to rapidly optimize Francis hydraulic turbine...

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TURBOdesign Suite Release 2025.2
Fans & Blowers Machine Learning

TURBOdesign Suite Release 2025.2

TL;DR: TURBOdesign Suite 2025.2 Release

The 2025.2 release is focused on speed, automation, and manufacturing readiness for turbomachinery design.

Machine Learning Optimizes Axial Fan Design
Fans & Blowers Machine Learning

Machine Learning Optimizes Axial Fan Design

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Axial fan design is optimized using 3D Inverse Design combined with the Reactive Response Surface + CAE Machine Learning method. The system...

Machine Learning for Axial Fan Design
Fans & Blowers Machine Learning

Machine Learning for Axial Fan Design

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This article outlines the essential building blocks needed to create a practical Machine Learning (ML) system for axial fan design, which is...

Automatic Optimization of a CPU Cooling Fan
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

Automatic Optimization of a CPU Cooling Fan

In the first part of this article on the design of a Sirocco-type CPU cooling fan stage, we showed that there is scope for improvement in the...

Design of a CPU Cooling Fan
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

Design of a CPU Cooling Fan

Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a critical component of any high performance computing machine and is used for highly demanding tasks such as...

Sirocco Fan: Manual Redesign of Impeller Wheel and Volute
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

Sirocco Fan: Manual Redesign of Impeller Wheel and Volute

In the first part of this article on the design of a Sirocco fan stage, we showed that there is scope for improvement in the baseline impeller...

Sirocco Fan: Design of Baseline Stage
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

Sirocco Fan: Design of Baseline Stage

The fan design process generally starts with the chart shown in Figure 1 which provides the relationship between speed number and diameter number as...

The Manual Design of an Axial Fan
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

The Manual Design of an Axial Fan

The fan design process generally starts with the chart shown in Figure 1 which provides the relationship between speed number and diameter number as...

Automatic Optimization of an Axial Fan
Fans & Blowers 3D Inverse Design

Automatic Optimization of an Axial Fan

In another article on the manual redesign of a baseline axial fan, we showed how to manually set the spanwise and streamwise blade loading parameters...

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