Automatic optimisation layout design approach for lightweight and energy-saving additive manufactured hydraulic manifolds
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Additive manufacturing provides advanced technology for producing lightweight and energy-saving hydraulic manifolds. However, current design of additive manufactured hydraulic manifolds relies on manual experience. This study develops a multi-objective optimisation layout design approach to automatically achieve the design of lightweight and energy-saving hydraulic manifolds. The design approach has three parts: (1) a flattened design strategy is introduced to minimise the design difficulty of hydraulic manifolds; (2) a multi-objective performance evaluation function of layout design approach is proposed to establish the relationship between manifolds mass, pressure loss, volume and its layout; (3) a greedy strategy optimisation algorithm is used to automatically find out a global optimum manifold layout based on multi-objective performance evaluation function. Finally, the design approach is applied to optimise a traditional hydraulic manifold. The weight, volume, and pressure loss of the optimised additive manufactured one are reduced by 84%, 44%, and 40%, illustrating the effectiveness of design approach.
Source: Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Institution: Zhejiang University
Language: English
Subfield: Automotive Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,070
OpenAlex ID: W4402923782