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PartB Wing Rib PDF
PartB Wing Rib PDF
In this tutorial, an existing finite element model of an aluminium wing rib model will be used to demonstrate how to do free-sizing
optimization using OptiStruct. HyperView will be used to post-process the thickness pattern in the rib.
There are three shell components in the model: the Web, flange6mm & flange 7mm. The web is connected to the lug by gap elements.
Appropriate properties, loads, boundary conditions, and nonlinear subcases have already been defined in the model. The design region is
the web and the rest of the components are non-design. Since a large portion of aerospace components are shell structures which are
manufactured by machining or milling operations, free-sizing optimization is very suitable for those components.
The optimization problem for this tutorial is stated as:
Exercise
Step 1: Launch HyperMesh Desktop, Set the User Profile, and Retrieve the File
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Select the create radio button, Enter shells in desvar, click on props and select PSHELL property from the list of properties,
toggle the switch in front of minimum thickness and enter the value 4. Select the type as PSHELL. Click create.
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Now select the radio button as parameters. Click on desvar and select shells, then toggle the switch in front of minmemboff to
mindim, and enter 5. Click update.
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Click return.
Go to response panel.
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Enter comp in response =, select compliance as response type; make sure the total and no regionid has been selected. Click
create.
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Enter volfrac in response =, select volumefrac as response type; make sure the total and no regionid has been selected. Click
create.
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Click return.
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Enter vol in constraint = , click on response= and select volfrac from the list of responses, check the box next to upper bound
and enter 0.3. Click create.
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Click return.
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Select min form the drop down list. Click on response= and select comp from the list of responses. Click on the loadstep and
select static. Click create.
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Click return.
Step 6: Save the file and run Free-size Optimization Process using OptiStruct.
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Click on File pull down menu on tool bar, go to Save As and select Model.
Create a new folder in different location and save the file.
Go to Analysis and select OptiStruct.
Set export option: all.
Set run options: optimization.
Set memory options: memory default.
Click on save as and save the .fem file and then click on OptiStruct.
Once you see OPTIMIZATION HAS CONVERGED.. FEASIBLE DESIGN <ALL CONSTRAINTS SATISFIED> Message on the solver
window, close the solver window.
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Click on the folder icon in front of Load Model: and open the folder where you have saved the file before optimization. There
select the _des.h3d file, this file contains the design history after the Optimization Process. Click on Apply.
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Click on contour icon, in Result type: select Element Thickness (s), and in Averaging Method: select Simple. And then click
Apply.
This is the End Optimized result due to free size optimization process.