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[[Image:Low-pressure-gas-turbine-for-aircraft-engine.png|thumb|right|350px|Low pressure gas turbine for aircraft engine]]
'''AxSTREAM''' is a [[software suite]] designed by SoftInWay Inc. for the conceptual
design of [[turbine]]s and [[gas compressor|compressor]]s and also thermodynamic calculations
of existing [[turbomachinery]] on-design and off-design operation. The
application area of the AxSTREAM software suite covers the design and
redesign of turbomachinery, and educational fields.

AxSTREAM is used for:
* [[Axial turbine]]s
* [[Axial compressor]]s
* [[Radial turbine]]s
* [[Centrifugal compressor]]s
* [[Axial fan]]s
* [[Centrifugal fan|Blowers]]
* [[Axial-flow pump]]s
*[[Centrifugal Pump]]s
*[[Turbopump]]s

While creating a new design, AxSTREAM allows the user to start from
initial inlet and outlet parameters, geometrical constraints, required [[mass flow rate]] (capacity) and [[rotational speed]] to perform preliminary
design, 1D/2D calculation and [[Program optimization|optimization]]. Finally, it develops the
complete flow path geometry including [[meridional]] shapes, profiles, and
IGES model of each blade [[airfoil]]. As a multidisciplinary tool, AxSTREAM
uses a simplified 1D structural module to check the design in the early
phases during 1D/2D calculation and optimization. At the final stage of
design, AxSTREAM performs 3D structural and vibration analysis to check
the blade. It is also capable of producing a [[Campbell Diagram]] to show
harmful frequencies to the system.

[[Image:Mixed Compressor.png|thumb|right|350px|Mixed flow compressor designed with AxSTREAM]]
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.).

==External links==
* [http://www.softinway.com/software AxSTREAM for turbomachinery design]
* [http://softinway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Advanced-Gas-Turbine-Concept-Design-and-Evaluation-Methodology.-Preliminary-Design-of-Highly-Loaded-Low-Pressure-Gas-Turbine-of-Engine.pdf Preliminary Design of LP Gas Turbine of Aircraft Engine] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812095611/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/gtsj/jgpp/ International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems]

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