This paper presents a method for identifying the optimal designs of components and joints in the space frame body structures of passenger vehicles considering structural characteristics, manufacturability and assembleability. Dissimilar to the previous work based on graph decomposition, the problem is posed as a simultaneous determination of the locations and types of joints in a structure and the cross sections of the joined structural frames, selected from a predefined joint library. The joint library is a set of joint designs containing the geometry of the feasible joints at each potential joint location and the cross sections of the joined frames, associated with their structural characteristics as equivalent torsional springs obtained from the finite element analyses of the detailed joint geometry. Structural characteristics of the entire structure are evaluated by finite element analyses of a beam-spring model constructed from the selected joints and joined frames. Manufacturability and assembleability are evaluated as the manufacturing and assembly costs estimated from the geometry of the components and joints, respectively. The optimization problem is solved by a multi-objective genetic algorithm using a direct crossover. A case study on an aluminum space frame (ASF) of a middle size passenger vehicle is discussed.


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    Title :

    Decomposition-based assembly synthesis of space frame structures using joint library


    Additional title:

    Zerlegungsbasierte Montagesynthese von räumlichen Rahmenstrukturen unter Verwendung einer Verbindungselementebibiliothek


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 19 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 35 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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