The design of vehicle twist beam rear axle based on structure topology optimization

Author

Peicheng, Shi ; Ping, Xiao ; Lixin, Gao ; Kaizhong, Si

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Automotive Eng., Anhui Polytech. Univ., Wuhu, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 April 2011

Firstpage

6252

Lastpage

6255

Abstract

The structure optimization design of vehicle twist beam rear axle was conducted in this paper on the basis of topology optimization and HyperWorks software. The perfect material topology was found through optimizing defined designing space and the accuracy of optimization results was tested through K&C performance analysis so that rear axles with lighter weight but better performance can be designed. In this way, the direct design of products can be realized. Therefore, this paper will have great significance and guidance on the tightweight design of other vehicle parts.

Keywords

CAD; automobiles; automotive components; axles; beams (structures); lightweight structures; mechanical engineering computing; optimisation; product design; HyperWorks software; K&C performance analysis; direct product design; material topology; structure topology optimization; vehicle parts; vehicle twist beam rear axle design; Axles; Employee welfare; Finite element methods; Force; Optimization; Topology; Vehicles; Structure topology optimization; Twist beam rear axle; Vehicle lightweight;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Information and Control Engineering (ICEICE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8036-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEICE.2011.5776978

Filename

5776978