Optimum design of vehicle’s structure is an important task in its development. The structure of a vehicle plays complex interactions with the other vehicle components and has significant impact on the performance of the vehicle. Structural design is usually completed by a complex iterative process. The design changes at late design stages effect many other parameters in the design of vehicle. Therefore, it is highly valuable for designers to employ simple but effective analyses at the early design stages. One method of analysis is using Simple Structural Surfaces. This method utilizes planar sheets to model the vehicle structure and allows the determination of the forces in each sheet. The major drawback of this method is its inability to easily determine deflections in a structure. To overcome this drawback a method that uses beam elements to represent the vehicle structure has been developed. This method uses a numerical finite element method and is able to determine unknown deflections and reaction forces as well as the internal loading on each member. This method can also be readily adapted to allow for parametric optimization for bending stiffness. The parameters associated with each beam element are the length, orientation and the beam characteristics of beams’ cross-sectional area and moment of inertia. An automated process is developed that manipulates some of these parameters to develop a structure that will have the greatest bending stiffness.
Skip Nav Destination
ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 12–15, 2012
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
ISBN:
978-0-7918-4505-9
PROCEEDINGS PAPER
Analysis and Optimization of Automotive Structure’s Bending Stiffness Using Beam Elements
Steven Tebby,
Steven Tebby
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Search for other works by this author on:
Ahmad Barari,
Ahmad Barari
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Search for other works by this author on:
Ebrahim Esmailzadeh
Ebrahim Esmailzadeh
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Search for other works by this author on:
Steven Tebby
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Ahmad Barari
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Ebrahim Esmailzadeh
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Paper No:
DETC2012-71288, pp. 587-594; 8 pages
Published Online:
September 9, 2013
Citation
Tebby, S, Barari, A, & Esmailzadeh, E. "Analysis and Optimization of Automotive Structure’s Bending Stiffness Using Beam Elements." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 6: 1st Biennial International Conference on Dynamics for Design; 14th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies. Chicago, Illinois, USA. August 12–15, 2012. pp. 587-594. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2012-71288
Download citation file:
12
Views
Related Proceedings Papers
Related Articles
Structural Design and Analysis of the Toroidal Heliostat
J. Sol. Energy Eng (November,2010)
Reduced Order Modeling of Dynamic Mechanical Metamaterials for Analysis of Infinite and Finite Systems
J. Appl. Mech (September,2023)
Comparison of Three-Dimensional Flexible Beam Elements for Dynamic Analysis: Classical Finite Element Formulation and Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation
J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam (January,2010)
Related Chapters
Fatigue Analysis in the Connecting Rod of MF285 Tractor by Finite Element Method
International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering, 4th (ICACTE 2011)
Field Experience with Fiberglass Pipe in the Middle East
Buried Plastic Pipe Technology