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http://dx.doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2018.31.6.353

Using Topology Optimization, Light Weight Design of Vehicle Mounted Voltage Converter for Impact Loading  

Ko, Dong-Shin (R&D Center for Research & Business Cooperation, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Lee, Hyun-Kyung (R&D Center for Research & Business Cooperation, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Hur, Deog-Jae (R&D Center for Research & Business Cooperation, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.31, no.6, 2018 , pp. 353-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, it is describe to an optimization analysis process for the weight reduction of the voltage converter in the electric vehicle charging systems. The optimization design is a technique that finds the optimal material distribution under a given material quantity constraint by combining the design sensitivity with the material properties and the mathematical optimization. Among the topology optimization, a lightweight design is performed by a solid isotropic material with penalization with simple formula and well-convergence. The lightweight design consists of three steps. As a first step, a finite element model for the basic design of the on-board voltage converter was constructed and static analysis was performed on the load. In the second step, the optimum shape is obtained for the lightweight by performing the topology optimization using the solid isotropic material with penalization applying the stiffness coefficient of the isotropic material to the static analysis result. As a final step, impact analysis was performed by applying a half-sinusoidal pulse shape impact load which satisfies the impact test standard of the vehicle-mounted part with respect to the optimum shape. In the topology optimization, the design domain was defined as the mounting bracket area, and the design technology was finally achieved by optimizing the mounting bracket to achieve a weight reduction of 20% over the basic design.
Keywords
voltage converter; topology optimization; weight reduction; mounting brackets;
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