Minimum contact stress modification for profile curve design defects in the beam-spring-cone docking mechanism

Abstract

A minimum contact stress modification method for profile curve design defects in a beam-spring-cone docking mechanism (BSCDM) based on genetic algorithm is presented in this paper, the profile curve and contact position of BSCDM are optimized. Under low-speed conditions, an improved elastic contact model of semi-space elastic bodies is established to modify and optimize the elliptic profile envelope curve based on Hertz contact theory and two kinds of complete elliptic integral, the improved contact model is used to solve elastic contact problems with the geometric characteristics of the ellipse surface, the optimal profile curve of the docking joint and the optimal docking contact point position are obtained. The results of numerical simulation and the experiment demonstrate the feasibility and validity of above models and methods.