Exploiting the design freedom of RM
Darren Watts
Richard J.M. Hague
2134/16105
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Exploiting_the_design_freedom_of_RM/9559760
This paper details how Rapid Manufacturing (RM) can overcome the restrictions imposed by the inherent process limitations of conventional manufacturing techniques and become the enabling technology in fabricating optimal products. A new design methodology capable of exploiting RM's increased design freedom is therefore needed. Inspired by natural world structures of trees and bones, a multi-objective, genetic algorithm based topology optimisation approach is presented. This combines multiple unit cell structures and varying volume fractions to create a heterogeneous part structure which exhibits a uniform stress distribution.
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Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified