使用结合拓优化和格子生成方法重新设计航空航天组件
Ramon William-Sobers1, Uchechukwu O Agwu1, Soji Yamakawa1
1Computational, Engineering, and Robotics Lab (CERLAB), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
3D printing and additive manufacturing
|June 20, 2025
概括
这项研究结合了拓优化 (TO) 和格子生成,以创建更轻的航空航天组件. 综合设计方法实现了喷气发动机支架,飞机轴承支架和光学仪器安装结构的显著减重.
科学领域:
- 航空航天工程 航空航天工程
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 计算力学 计算力学 计算力学
背景情况:
- 航空航天行业需要轻量级组件,以满足严格的结构和热要求.
- 现有的优化方法,如拓优化 (TO) 和格子生成,在单独应用时具有局限性,特别是对于航天器组件中的多物理要求.
研究的目的:
- 探索一种新的设计方法,将拓优化 (TO) 和航空航天组件的格子生成相结合.
- 为了解决个别优化技术的局限性,并满足复杂的结构和热负荷要求.
主要方法:
- 结合TO软件使用独特的基于泡网的网格生成方法.
- 允许格子参数的变化:细胞大小/密度,支架交叉点圆和支架直径.
- 重新设计喷气发动机支架,飞机轴承支架和光学仪器安装结构.
主要成果:
- 实现了显著的重量减轻:安装结构的81.8%,喷气发动机支架的62.4%,飞机轴承支架的52.5%.
- 最终的设计符合所有组件的基本结构和热负荷要求.
- 证明了结合TO和格子生成方法的有效性.
结论:
- 综合拓优化和格子生成方法有效优化航空航天组件,平衡单个方法的局限性.
- 这种方法对于具有多物理负载要求的组件特别有利,例如航天器安装结构.
- 该研究突出了通过先进的计算方法提高航空航天设计产品质量和效率的途径.
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