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http://dx.doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2022.35.4.243

Optimal Design for Weight Reduction of Rotorcraft Shaft System  

Kim, Jaeseung (Department of Smart Industrial Machine Technology, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Moon, Sanggon (Department of Smart Industrial Machine Technology, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Han, Jeongwoo (Department of Smart Industrial Machine Technology, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Lee, Geun-Ho (Department of Smart Industrial Machine Technology, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Min-Geun (Department of Smart Industrial Machine Technology, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.35, no.4, 2022 , pp. 243-248 More about this Journal
Abstract
Weight optimization was performed for a rotorcraft shaft system using one-dimensional Euler-Bernoulli beam elements. Torsion, shaft support stiffness such as bearings, flange mass are all considered. To guarantee structural dynamic stability, eigenvalue analysis was performed to avoid critical speed and tooth mesh excitation form the gearbox. The weight optimization was performed by adjusting the thickness and radius while the length of the shaft was fixed, and the optimization process was divided into two stages. In the first, the weight is optimized with the torsional strength constraint. In the second, the difference between the primary mode of shaft and the critical speed is maximized so that the primary mode of the shaft can avoid the critical speed while the constraint on the torsional strength of the shaft is satisfied according to the standard for shaft system stability (AMC P 706-201, 1974). The proposed method was verified by comparing the results of the optimal design using the given one-dimensional beam elements with the stress results of the 3D finite element and the actual manufactured shaft.
Keywords
one-dimensional beam element; shaft system; weight optimization; dynamic stability;
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