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Concurrent multi-scale design optimization of composite frames with manufacturing constraints

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This paper presents a gradient based concurrent multi-scale design optimization method for composite frames considering specific manufacturing constraints raised from the aerospace industrial requirements. Geometrical parameters of the frame components at the macro-structural scale and the discrete fiber winding angles at the micro-material scale are introduced as the independent design variables at the two geometrical scales. The DMO (Discrete Material Optimization) approach is utilized to couple the two geometrical scales and realize the simultaneous optimization of macroscopic topology and microscopic material selection. Six kinds of manufacturing constraints are explicitly included in the optimization model as series of linear inequalities or equalities. The capabilities of the proposed optimization model are demonstrated with the example of compliance minimization, subject to constraint on the composite volume. The linear constraints and optimization problems are solved by Sequential Linear Programming (SLP) optimization algorithm with move limit strategy. Numerical results show the potential of weight saving and structural robustness design with the proposed concurrent optimization model. The multi-scale optimization model, considering specific manufacturing constraints, provides new choices for the design of the composite frame structure in aerospace and other industries.

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Financial supports for this research were provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11372060 and 11672057), Program (LJQ2015026) for Excellent Talents at Colleges and Universities in Liaoning Province, the 111 project (B14013), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT16ZD215), and the Program of BK21 Plus. These supports are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics, International Research Center for Computational Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Jun Yan, Zunyi Duan & Jingyuan Wang

  2. Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 16, DK-9220, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Zunyi Duan & Erik Lund

  3. Harbin Electric Power Equipment Company Limited, Harbin Electric Corporation, Harbin, 150028, China

    Zunyi Duan

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 34141, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Zunyi Duan

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Yan, J., Duan, Z., Lund, E. et al. Concurrent multi-scale design optimization of composite frames with manufacturing constraints. Struct Multidisc Optim 56, 519–533 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-017-1750-0

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