The Vista range of turbomachinery software includes 1D design and off-design performance programs for axial turbines, radial turbines, axial compressors, axial fans, centrifugal compressors, and centrifugal pumps.
The subject of this user's guide is Vista RTD. Vista RTD is a program for the preliminary design of radial inflow turbines. It can be used in an iterative fashion to create a 1D design. The resulting geometry can be passed to BladeGen, BladeEditor, and Vista TF. Vista RTD can also be used to model an existing turbine. An accurate 1D model can provide insight into the performance of the machine that goes beyond the test measurements.
Vista RTD is integrated into Ansys Workbench so that it may be used to generate an optimized 1D turbine design before moving rapidly to a full 3D geometry model and CFD analysis.
Vista RTD is provided by PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln, England.
Note: Vista RTD is available only on Windows.
The following topics are discussed:
- 8.1. Vista RTD Workflows
- 8.2. Data Review and Edit
- 8.3. Viewing the Results
- 8.4. Context Menu Commands of the Blade Design Cell
- 8.5. Launching a New BladeGen Model
- 8.6. Creating a New Throughflow System
- 8.7. Creating a New Throughflow (BladeGen) System
- 8.8. Launching a New BladeEditor Model
- 8.9. Using Vista RTD to Model an Existing Turbine