Optimize Design of a Light Truck Frame

Abstract

In this paper the basic structure of frame is optimized through homogenization method in the basic frame structure loaded with bending conditions under the conditions that ANSYS is regarded as the optimal design platform, the flexibility of frame is taken as the objective function and the volume is used as a constraint The optimization topology structure of the frame is obtained which meets the volume constraints and total compliance smallest. Using the ANSYS software calculates and verifies the security of frame structural strength under the fully loaded bending condition. Model and optimization methods used in this paper also can apply to other types of optimization design of the frame, and provides a useful reference for the optimized design of the similar structure.

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“…Yan [10] conducted the lightweight design of the frame of a tensile machine based on ANSYS Workbench, the equivalent force and total deformation of the optimized model were reduced, and the weight was reduced by 7.11%. Ma et al [11] optimized the frame of a light truck based on ANSYS using the homogenization method to obtain an optimized frame topology that satisfied the volume constraint and minimized the total flexibility. Gadwala William Kery et al [12] carried out the optimization of a sports car rim using ANSYS Workbench finite element analysis, which identified carbon fiber as a feasible material for manufacturing the sports car rim.…”