Rotor Design Tools

Rotor Design Tools

Sandia develops computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools with capabilities driven by the needs of current research projects. Rotor design is supported by a collection of tools which enable design and optimization of the rotor aerodynamics and structural performance. This unique and customizable toolset enables innovative designs and research on rotors, often including unconventional design objectives.

The Numerical Manufacturing And Design Tool is an example of a design tool developed to simplify the process of creating structural models and calculating blade properties for aeroelastic simulation. NuMAD is open-source and freely available for download.

NuMAD© is a research code with capabilities that have been driven directly by Sandia/DOE research projects. The current version of NuMAD© (v3.0), released January 2022, is available on the NuMAD webpage by clicking the download link.
NuMAD© is a research code with capabilities that have been driven directly by Sandia/DOE research projects. The current version of NuMAD© (v3.0), released January 2022, is available on the NuMAD webpage by clicking the download link.