Rolling stock manufacturers are finding structural solutions to reduce power required by the vehicles,and the lightweight design of the car body represents a possible solution.Optimization processes and innovative mat...Rolling stock manufacturers are finding structural solutions to reduce power required by the vehicles,and the lightweight design of the car body represents a possible solution.Optimization processes and innovative materials can be combined in order to achieve this goal.In this framework,we propose the redesign and optimization process of the car body roof for a light rail vehicle,introducing a sandwich structure.Bonded joint was used as a fastening system.The project was carried out on a single car of a modern tram platform.This preliminary numerical work was developed in two main steps:redesign of the car body structure and optimization of the innovated system.Objective of the process was the mass reduction of the whole metallic structure,while the constraint condition was imposed on the first frequency of vibration of the system.The effect of introducing a sandwich panel within the roof assembly was evaluated,focusing on the mechanical and dynamic performances of the whole car body.A mass saving of 63%on the optimized components was achieved,corresponding to a 7.6%if compared to the complete car body shell.In addition,a positive increasing of 17.7%on the first frequency of vibration was observed.Encouraging results have been achieved in terms of weight reduction and mechanical behaviour of the innovated car body.展开更多
Car body design in view of structural performance and lightweighting is a challenging task due to all the performance targets that must be satisfied such as vehicle safety and ride quality.In this paper,material repla...Car body design in view of structural performance and lightweighting is a challenging task due to all the performance targets that must be satisfied such as vehicle safety and ride quality.In this paper,material replacement along with multidisciplinary design optimization strategy is proposed to develop a lightweight car body structure that satisfies the crash and vibration criteria while minimizing weight.Through finite element simulations,full frontal,offset frontal,and side crashes of a full car model are evaluated for peak acceleration,intrusion distance,and the internal energy absorbed by the structural parts.In addition,the first three fundamental natural frequencies are combined with the crash metrics to form the design constraints.The wall thicknesses of twenty-two parts are considered as the design variables.Latin Hypercube Sampling is used to sample the design space,while Radial Basis Function methodology is used to develop surrogate models for the selected crash responses at multiple sites as well as the first three fundamental natural frequencies.A nonlinear surrogate-based optimization problem is formulated for mass minimization under crash and vibration constraints.Using Sequential Quadratic Programming,the design optimization problem is solved with the results verified by finite element simulations.The performance of the optimum design with magnesium parts shows significant weight reduction and better performance compared to the baseline design.展开更多
In this paper the optimal model of the main energy absorbed structure in an auto-body “front rail”, based on structural crashworthiness is built. For an optimal design on structure crashworthiness, the new method is...In this paper the optimal model of the main energy absorbed structure in an auto-body “front rail”, based on structural crashworthiness is built. For an optimal design on structure crashworthiness, the new method is based on a response surface model and Pareto GA, which improves the efficiency and flexibility of an optimal design, that is brought forward. The traditional optimal method can not be applied in the design of an impact structure due to the high nonlinearity and large time cost of crashworthiness FE analysis. So the method of an optimal design based on crashworthiness is brought forward. After constructing the response surface model of auto-body crashworthiness, the Pareto GA can be applied to find the multi-objective globally. The optimal solution set can then be used to provide many scheme combinations for choice structural parameters.To acquire the optimized structure parameters on front rail crashworthiness, this simplified model of an original design is built. After studying various ways of reinforcing the cross-section to control the structural failure mode, a better method has been found. On the precondition of not increasing the mass of the structure, an optimal design of the front rail is performed further. Finally, the optimized scheme is implemented in the full-car impact analysis and crashworthiness is studied. With proper measures to control deformation of the front rail structure the crashworthiness can be improved with minor structural modifications.展开更多
文摘Rolling stock manufacturers are finding structural solutions to reduce power required by the vehicles,and the lightweight design of the car body represents a possible solution.Optimization processes and innovative materials can be combined in order to achieve this goal.In this framework,we propose the redesign and optimization process of the car body roof for a light rail vehicle,introducing a sandwich structure.Bonded joint was used as a fastening system.The project was carried out on a single car of a modern tram platform.This preliminary numerical work was developed in two main steps:redesign of the car body structure and optimization of the innovated system.Objective of the process was the mass reduction of the whole metallic structure,while the constraint condition was imposed on the first frequency of vibration of the system.The effect of introducing a sandwich panel within the roof assembly was evaluated,focusing on the mechanical and dynamic performances of the whole car body.A mass saving of 63%on the optimized components was achieved,corresponding to a 7.6%if compared to the complete car body shell.In addition,a positive increasing of 17.7%on the first frequency of vibration was observed.Encouraging results have been achieved in terms of weight reduction and mechanical behaviour of the innovated car body.
基金This material is based on the work supported by the U.S.Department of Energy under Award number DE-EE0002323.
文摘Car body design in view of structural performance and lightweighting is a challenging task due to all the performance targets that must be satisfied such as vehicle safety and ride quality.In this paper,material replacement along with multidisciplinary design optimization strategy is proposed to develop a lightweight car body structure that satisfies the crash and vibration criteria while minimizing weight.Through finite element simulations,full frontal,offset frontal,and side crashes of a full car model are evaluated for peak acceleration,intrusion distance,and the internal energy absorbed by the structural parts.In addition,the first three fundamental natural frequencies are combined with the crash metrics to form the design constraints.The wall thicknesses of twenty-two parts are considered as the design variables.Latin Hypercube Sampling is used to sample the design space,while Radial Basis Function methodology is used to develop surrogate models for the selected crash responses at multiple sites as well as the first three fundamental natural frequencies.A nonlinear surrogate-based optimization problem is formulated for mass minimization under crash and vibration constraints.Using Sequential Quadratic Programming,the design optimization problem is solved with the results verified by finite element simulations.The performance of the optimum design with magnesium parts shows significant weight reduction and better performance compared to the baseline design.
文摘In this paper the optimal model of the main energy absorbed structure in an auto-body “front rail”, based on structural crashworthiness is built. For an optimal design on structure crashworthiness, the new method is based on a response surface model and Pareto GA, which improves the efficiency and flexibility of an optimal design, that is brought forward. The traditional optimal method can not be applied in the design of an impact structure due to the high nonlinearity and large time cost of crashworthiness FE analysis. So the method of an optimal design based on crashworthiness is brought forward. After constructing the response surface model of auto-body crashworthiness, the Pareto GA can be applied to find the multi-objective globally. The optimal solution set can then be used to provide many scheme combinations for choice structural parameters.To acquire the optimized structure parameters on front rail crashworthiness, this simplified model of an original design is built. After studying various ways of reinforcing the cross-section to control the structural failure mode, a better method has been found. On the precondition of not increasing the mass of the structure, an optimal design of the front rail is performed further. Finally, the optimized scheme is implemented in the full-car impact analysis and crashworthiness is studied. With proper measures to control deformation of the front rail structure the crashworthiness can be improved with minor structural modifications.
