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Design of Cylindrical Composite Shell for Optimal Dimensions  

Chun Heong-Jae (연세대학교 공과대학 기계공학과)
Park Hyuk-Sung ((주)휴모봇)
Choi Yong-Jin (연세대학교 공과대학 기계공학과)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.18, no.3, 2005 , pp. 219-226 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the problem formulation and solution technique using genetic algorithms for design optimization of laminate composite cylindrical beam section are presented. The hollow cylindrical beams we usually used in the wheel chair. If the weight of wheel chair is reduced, it will lead to huge improvement in passenger's mobility and comfort. In this context, the replacement of steel by high performance and light weight composite material along with optimal design will be a good contribution in the process of weight reduction of a wheel chair. An artificial genetics approach for the design optimization of hollow cylindrical composite beam is presented. On applying the genetic algorithm, the optimal dimensions of hollow cylindrical composite beams which have equivalent rigidities to those of corresponding hollow cylindrical steel beams are obtained. Also structural analysis is conducted on the entire wheel chair structure incorporating Tsai-Wu failure criteria. The maximum Tsai-Wu failure criteria index is $0.192\times10^{-3}$ which is moth less than value of 1.00 indicating no failure is observed under excessive loading condition. It is found that the substitution of steel by composite material could reduce the weight of wheel chair up to 45%.
Keywords
composite cylindrical beam; genetic algorithm; optimal dimension;
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