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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 229273-229273.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.29273

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An equivalent⁃deformation⁃modulus algorithm for fast optimization of anisotropic material distribution in thin plates

Mi XU, Zebei MAO, Bo WANG, Tong LI()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis,Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment,Department of Engineering Mechanics,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,China
  • Received:2023-07-06 Revised:2023-07-24 Accepted:2023-08-08 Online:2024-05-25 Published:2023-08-24
  • Contact: Tong LI E-mail:tong@dlut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(12172077);Dalian High-Level Talent Innovation Support Program(2019RD04);Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Fund(2020JJ25CY011)

Abstract:

Anisotropic materials widely exist in load-bearing components for various mechanical devices. Unlike isotropic materials, the distribution and orientation of different material phases in anisotropic materials can sensitively mediate the mechanical output of these components according to the loading conditions. In this paper, an optimization method for anisotropic material distribution, named Equivalent-Deformation-Modulus (EDM) algorithm, is proposed to efficiently optimize the load-bearing ability of anisotropic thin plates. This EDM algorithm will play an important role in the aviation, for it enables the multi-modal co-optimization for the buckling resistance of thin plates, and solves the problem of overlapping eigenvalue in traditional optimization algorithm. Taking the optimization of fiber orientation in short fiber reinforced polymer thin plate as an example, without changing the mass and shape of the plate, this EDM algorithm can improve the critical buckling load by 28.9% and reduce the computational cost by 98.1%, compared to traditional optimization algorithm. The EDM method was also applied to designing a load-bearing component in the airframe with an irregular shape by increasing the critical buckling load by 27.2%-30.8%.

Key words: eigenvalue, equivalent-deformation-modulus, multi-modal co-optimization, material distribution, buckling analysis

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