Structural design method of product
AssigneeSouth University of Science and Technology of China
InventorsPinlian Han, Kun Zhang
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Abstract
A structural design method of a product is provided. The method includes obtaining a preliminary design of a subsurface mesh structure by filling a body model of the product with spherical cells at preset positions of the body model and performing an finite element analysis and optimization; and optimizing, through a design method for optimizing functions, filling features of the spherical cells based on a simulation analysis so that the structure of the product satisfies a preset target.
Claims4
A structural design method of a product, applied to design large mechanical products and precision parts, comprising:
- obtaining a preliminary design of a subsurface mesh structure by filling a body model of the product with spherical cells at preset positions of the body model and performing, by a computer, an finite element analysis and optimization by running a finite element analysis software in the computer;
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- optimizing, by the computer, through a design method for optimizing functions, filling features of the spherical cells based on a simulation analysis so that the structure of the product satisfies a preset target;
- wherein the design method for optimizing functions comprises a design method for heat insulation and dissipation;
- wherein the filling features of the spherical cells comprise at least one of a shape, a size and an arrangement of the spherical cells;
- wherein the design method for heat insulation and dissipation comprises:
- designing feature parameters of a heat conduction channel through a method of topology optimization;
- filling the body model of the product with the spherical cells at the preset positions of the body model based on the feature parameters of the heat conduction channel to construct the heat conduction channel;
- wherein the design method for heat insulation and dissipation comprises the following operations performed the computer:
- defining a design domain, a load type, and a preset boundary condition of a bearing load of the body model of the product;
- dividing the design domain into finite element meshes and initializing a plurality of variables, by running the finite element analysis software;
- and performing a finite element analysis on the design domain divided into the finite element meshes via a topology optimization method based on Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (SIMP) and solving a temperature field to obtain a position parameter of a preset heat conduction channel;
- filling the body model of the product with the spherical cells or a topological structure of the spherical cells based on the position parameter to construct the preset heat conduction channel so that the product has a preset degree of heat dissipation performance;
- performing the finite element analysis on the product having an internal configuration being designed under a working condition required by the design to obtain stress distribution and mechanical property related parameters of the product;
- changing a material configuration of the spherical cells according to the mechanical property related parameters so that the material configuration reaches a preset strength requirement;
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- performing a computer simulation analysis, by running the finite element analysis software, and a related 3D printing test verification, by a 3D printing equipment on the material configuration.
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