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Multi-ObjecTive design Optimization of fluid eneRgy machines

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Objective

The MOTOR project focuses on ICT-enabled design optimization technologies for fluid energy machines (FEMs) that transfer mechanical energy to and from the fluid, in particular for aircraft engines, ship propellers, water turbines, and screw machines. The performance of these machines essentially depends on the shape of their geometry, which is described by functional free-form surfaces. Even small modifications have significant impact on the performance; hence the design process requires a very accurate representation of the geometry.
Our vision is to link all computational tools involved in the chain of design, simulation and optimization to the same representation of the geometry, thereby reducing the number of approximate conversion steps between different representations. The improved accuracy and reliability of numerical simulations enables the design of more efficient FEMs by effective design optimization methods. MOTOR also exploits the synergies between the design optimization technologies for the different types of FEMs that have so far been developed independently.

MOTOR adopts a modular approach for developing novel methodologies and computational tools and integrating them into real process chains, contributing
• a volumetric mesh generator with exact interface matching for multi-domain geometries enabling high-order multi-physics simulations with enhanced accuracy,
• an isogeometric analysis simulation toolbox for CFD, CSM, and FSI problems and advanced interactive visualization toolkit for high-order solutions, and
• automatic shape optimization based on a multi-level approach in the parameterization enabling different levels of shape variety to combine design space exploration with local searches.

The effectiveness of our approach in terms of reduced time to production and increased efficiency of the optimally designed product will be validated by developing four proof-of-concept demonstrators with the modernized process chains.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

H2020-EU.2.1.5.1. - Technologies for Factories of the Future

Topic(s)

FoF-08-2015 - ICT-enabled modelling, simulation, analytics and forecasting technologies

Call for proposal

H2020-FoF-2015

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

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Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Address

Stevinweg 1
2628 Cn Delft

Netherlands

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 652 875

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Participants (10)

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CATERPILLAR PROPULSION PRODUCTION AB

Sweden

EU Contribution

€ 91 250

ESS ENGINEERING SOFTWARE STEYR GMBH

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 493 875

UNIVERSITAT LINZ

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 307 500

STICHTING MARITIEM RESEARCH INSTITUUT NEDERLAND

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 511 250

MAVEL AS

Czechia

EU Contribution

€ 248 000

MTU AERO ENGINES AG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 400 625

ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI

Czechia

EU Contribution

€ 319 375

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DORTMUND

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 398 125

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET KAISERSLAUTERN

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 430 000

INSTITUT VON KARMAN DE DYNAMIQUE DES FLUIDES

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 450 000

Project information

MOTOR

Grant agreement ID: 678727

Project website

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

H2020-EU.2.1.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 302 875
EU contribution

€ 4 302 875

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MOTOR (Multi-ObjecTive design Optimization of fluid eneRgy machines)

Reporting period: 2017-03-01 to 2018-08-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The performance of aircraft engines, ship propellers, water turbines and screw compressors, in the following summarized as fluid energy machines (FEM), crucially depends on the shape of propellers, rotors and fans, which are described by functional free-form surfaces, and the housing design. Slight shape variations can lead to significant changes in the overall machine performance. Likewise, approximation errors created by inaccurate computer simulations can lead to drastic mispredictions of the performance and, in turn, to sub-optimal FEM designs. However, optimised FEM designs with reduced emission of CO2/NOx and noise are urgently needed to enable greener aviation and shipping. Likewise, hydropower plants and compressed air systems with improved efficiency are imperative to compensate the ongoing growth of the world’s energy consumption.

The vision of MOTOR is to link all computational tools to the same master geometry to enable geometry-aware simulation-driven multi-objective design optimization of FEMs. To reach the set-out vision, novel concepts for geometry modelling and multi-physics mesh generation, stronger integration of computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering (CAE) tools and new hybrid methods for performing optimization ‘in the design space’ have been developed as modular components and integrated into the partners’ workflows.

The work performed in MOTOR was organized around the following three objectives:
1) Create automatic design optimization tools for FEMs.
2) Improve the effectiveness of design workflows for FEMs.
3) Improve the efficiency of FEMs.

All three objectives have been reached within MOTOR bringing a technology boost to the participating industry partners and enabling the academic partners to advance the state of the art in different disciplines.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

WP7: Multi-patch parameterisation of water turbine geometry

WP6: Illustration of mesh deformation of a propeller blade using Free-Form Deformation

MP2: Ship Propellers

WP7: Multi-patch parameterisation of water turbine geometry

WP3: Visualisation of the deformation of a screw machine by the new visualisation environment

MP4: Screw Machines

WP2: Illustration of adaptive THB-spline technology

WP7: Multi-patch parameterisation of water turbine geometry

WP3: Simulation results for a water turbine (velocity streamlines)

MP3: Water Turbines

MP1: Aircraft Engines

WP3: Illustration of combined visualisation by the new visualisation environment

WP2: Geometry-aware meshing of a blade geometry from CAT by the MERGE software

WP7: Water turbine geometry

Project information

MOTOR

Grant agreement ID: 678727

Project website

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

H2020-EU.2.1.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 302 875
EU contribution

€ 4 302 875

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

Report on FSI coupling

Progress report period 1

Progress report on period 1 (M1-M18)

Report and prototype software for multivariate adaptive spline technology

Report on shape deformation techniques based on volumet-ric approaches

Report on shape deformation techniques based on volumet-ric approaches (dissemination level: PU/RE)

Report and prototype for structural mechanics solver

Report and prototype software for geometry-aware block structuring and volume parameterization

Project presentation of objective and work plan

Report on project presentation of objective and work plan

Volumetric parameterization of the flow passage using adaptive spline technologies and the proposed template mapping

Report and prototype for incompressible flow solver

Report and prototype for visualization environment

Report and prototype for compressible flow solver

Final report

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Patchwork B-spline refinement

Author(s): Nora Engleitner, Bert Jüttler

Published in: Computer-Aided Design, Issue 90, 2017, Page(s) 168-179, ISSN 0010-4485

DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2017.05.021

Isogeometric segmentation: Construction of cutting surfaces

Author(s): Michael Haberleitner, Bert Jüttler

Published in: Computer-Aided Design, Issue 90, 2017, Page(s) 135-145, ISSN 0010-4485

DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2017.05.007

Planar multi-patch domain parameterization via patch adjacency graphs

Author(s): Florian Buchegger, Bert Jüttler

Published in: Computer-Aided Design, Issue Vol 81, January 2017, 2017, Page(s) 2-12, ISSN 0010-4485

DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2016.05.019

On penalty-free formulations for multipatch isogeometric Kirchhoff–Love shells

Author(s): Anmol Goyal, Bernd Simeon

Published in: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Issue 136, 2017, Page(s) 78-103, ISSN 0378-4754

DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2016.12.001

Elliptic Grid Generation Techniques in the Framework of Isogeometric Analysis Applications

Author(s): Jochen Hinz, Matthias Möller, C. Vuik

Published in: Computer Aided Geometric Design, 2018, ISSN 0167-8396

THB-splines: An effective mathematical technology for adaptive refinement in geometric design and isogeometric analysis

Author(s): Carlotta Giannelli, Bert Jüttler, Stefan K. Kleiss, Angelos Mantzaflaris, Bernd Simeon, Jaka Špeh

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Issue 299, 2016, Page(s) 337-365, ISSN 0045-7825

DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2015.11.002

A NURBS based Galerkin approach for the analysis of solids in boundary representation

Author(s): L. Chen, B. Simeon, S. Klinkel

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Issue 305, 2016, Page(s) 777-805, ISSN 0045-7825

DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2016.03.019

Conference proceedings (28)

Propeller geometry modeling in a CAD environment

Author(s): Foeth, E.J., Deij-van Rijswijk. M.

Published in: 2019 International Symposium on Marine Propulsors, 2019

Isogeometric Simulation of Thermal Expansion for Twin Screw Compressors

Author(s): Alexander Shamanskiy and Bernd Simeon

Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018, ISSN 1757-8981

One click - Multiparts to 3D mesh

Author(s): Martin Schifko (ESS)

Published in: NAFEMS European Conference: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) – Beyond the Solve, Issue December 2-3, 2015, 2015, Page(s) 5

Numerické modelování proudění ve vodních turbínách

Author(s): M. Brandner, H. Horníková, J. Šourek

Published in: 2016

Algebraic flux correction schemes for B-spline based finite elements

Author(s): Matthias Möller, Andrzej Jaeschke

Published in: 2015

Isogeometric Analysis: The better alternative to FEM?

Author(s): Matthias Möller

Published in: 2016

Multi-patch parameterization using template mapping

Author(s): Svajunas Sajavicius, Bert Juettler, Jaka Speh

Published in: 9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces, Issue Biannually, 2016, Page(s) 76

FDBB: FLUID DYNAMICS BUILDING BLOCKS

Author(s): Matthias Möller and Andrzej Jaeschke

Published in: 2018

Multi patch parameterization using template mapping

Author(s): Svajunas Sajavicius

Published in: Conference of Curves and Surfaces, 2016

Spline-Based Meshing Techniques for Industrial Applications

Author(s): Jochen Hinz, Matthias Möller, C. Vuik

Published in: 2018

Solving Compressible Flow Problems by Isogeometric Analysis: A pragmatic approach towards node-level performance

Author(s): Matthias Möller

Published in: 2016

Solving Compressible Flow Problems by Iso-geometric Analysis: A pragmatic approach towards node-level performance

Author(s): Matthias Möller

Published in: 2016

Netzaufbereitung mit einem Klick

Author(s): Bernhard Kornberger

Published in: "DFO Tagung ""Einsparmoglichkeiten durch Simulation des Lackierprozess""", Issue 2016-09-14, 2015

High-Order Isogeometric Methods for Compressible Flows: Part 2: Towards Efficient Implementations on HPC Platforms

Author(s): Matthias Möller, Andrzej Jaeschke

Published in: 2017

Autonomous Meshing

Author(s): Dominik Mokriš, Jona Mangold, Martin Schifko

Published in: SAE Technical Paper Series, Issue 2018-01-1386, 2018

DOI: 10.4271/2018-01-1386

Spline-Based Parameterization Techniques for Twin-Screw Machine Geometries

Author(s): Jochen Hinz, Matthias Möller, C. Vuik

Published in: 2018

Improvement of the Efficiency of Twin-Screw Refrigeration Compressors by means of Dual Lead Rotors

Author(s): Matthias Utri, Andreas Brümmer

Published in: 23rd International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, Issue 23, every two years, 2016

High-Order Isogeometric Methods for Compressible Flows. II. Compressible Euler Equations

Author(s): Matthias Möller and Andrzej Jaeschke

Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems - FEF 2017, 2018

Solving Compressible Flow Problems by Isogeometric Analysis

Author(s): Matthias Möller

Published in: 2016

Direct visualization of IGA simulation models on modern GPUs

Author(s): Anna Pia Lohfink

Published in: Mafelap conference, 2016

Hardware-Oriented Numerics for PDEs: Solving Compressible Flow Problems by Isogeometric Analysis

Author(s): Matthias Möller

Published in: 2016

Fluid flow through male rotor housing clearances of dry running screw machines using dimensionless numbers

Author(s): Matthias Utri, Simon Höckenkamp, Andreas Brümmer

Published in: IOP Conference Series, not yet available (International Conference on Screw Machines 2018), 2018

Isogeometric analysis framework for the numerical simulation of rotary screw machines. I. General concept and early applications

Author(s): Matthias Möller and Jochen Hinz

Published in: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Screw Machines (ICSM 2018), 2018

Comparison of thermodynamic efficiency between constant, dual and multiple lead rotors for an industrial air screw compressor

Author(s): Matthias Utri, Andreas Brümmer, Jan Hauser

Published in: IOP Conference Series, not yet available (International Conference on Screw Machines 2018), 2018

Energy potential of dual lead rotors for twin screw compressors

Author(s): Matthias Utri, Andreas Brümmer

Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 232, 2017, 2017

Demonstration of Propeller Blade Optimization using BEM and CFD

Author(s): Simon Törnros, Olof Klerebrant Klasson

Published in: 21st Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS'18), 2018

Implementing incompressible flow solver based on isogeometric analysis

Author(s): J. Šourek, H. Horníková

Published in: 2016

High-Order Isogeometric Methods for Compressible Flows. I. Scalar Conservation Laws

Author(s): Andrzej Jaeschke and Matthias Möller

Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems - FEF 2017, 2018

Other (2)

Knihovna nástrojů pro isogeometrickou analýzu G+Smo

Author(s): H. Horníková

Published in: 2016

Implementation of Navier-Stokes Equations Solver Based on G+Smo Library

Author(s): J. Šourek

Published in: 2016

Thesis dissertations (1)

Domain parameterization with THB-splines

Author(s): Jaka Speh

Published in: 2016

Book chapters (1)

Template mapping using adaptive splines and optimal parameterization

Author(s): Svajūnas Sajavičius, Bert Jüttler, Jaka Špeh

Published in: Springer INdAM Series, 2019

Project information

MOTOR

Grant agreement ID: 678727

Project website

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

H2020-EU.2.1.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 302 875
EU contribution

€ 4 302 875

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Project information

MOTOR

Grant agreement ID: 678727

Project website

Start date

1 September 2015
End date

31 August 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

H2020-EU.2.1.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 302 875
EU contribution

€ 4 302 875

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

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