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Multistep Optimization of Composite Drive Shaft Subject to Strength, Buckling, Vibration and Manufacturing Constraints

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Composite drive shafts are extensively used in automotive and aeronautical applications due to lightweight combined with exceptional strength and stiffness. Complexity of the drive shaft design problem associated with the need to determine rational values for multiple parameters characterizing composite material (fiber orientation angles, stacking sequence and ply thicknesses), as well as with the fact that multiple conflicting design constraints should be considered simultaneously. In this paper we approach this problem considering carbon/epoxy drive shaft design as a multistep optimization process. It includes the following steps: 1) determination of fiber orientation angles and laminate stacking sequence based on analysis of loading conditions and analytical expressions predicting buckling load and minimal natural frequency of idealized drive shaft; 2) finding rational ply thicknesses using formal optimization procedure utilizing response surface approximations and gradient-based optimization algorithm; and 3) verification analysis of the optimized configuration with the use of nonlinear buckling analysis to ensure satisfaction of stability constraint.

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  1. Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia

    Aleksandr Cherniaev & Valeriy Komarov

  2. University of Manitoba, E2-327 EITC, 75A Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada

    Aleksandr Cherniaev

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Cherniaev, A., Komarov, V. Multistep Optimization of Composite Drive Shaft Subject to Strength, Buckling, Vibration and Manufacturing Constraints. Appl Compos Mater 22, 475–487 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-014-9418-z

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