A topology optimization method for thermally stable load-bearing bracket structure

Through density filtration and projection function conversion design variables, combined with heat transfer and static simulation, the lunar rover bracket structure is optimized, which solves the problem of low stiffness and easy failure of the bracket structure under the influence of environmental thermal fluctuations, and realizes a lightweight design with high specific stiffness and thermal deformation resistance.

CN119203686BActive Publication Date: 2025-09-05SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV
View PDF 2 Cites 0 Cited by

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202411364905.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-27
Publication Date
2025-09-05
Estimated Expiration
2044-09-27

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing topological optimization methods fail to effectively consider the influence of environmental thermal fluctuations when designing the lunar rover bracket structure, resulting in large deformation failures in the structure under high day and night temperature differences.

Method used

The density filter function and projection function are used to convert the design variable into physical variables, establish the interpolation model of the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity coefficient of the scaffold structure, and construct the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix. Combined with heat transfer and static simulation calculation, the design variable is optimized through the moving asymptomatic algorithm to generate a smooth scaffold structure.

Benefits of technology

Under environmental thermal fluctuations, a lightweight bracket structure with high specific stiffness and thermal deformation resistance is obtained, which improves the thermal stability of the structure and solves the problem of low structural stiffness and easy failure in traditional methods.

✦ Generated by Eureka AI based on patent content.

Smart Images

  • Figure CN119203686B_ABST
    Figure CN119203686B_ABST
Patent Text Reader

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for topological optimization of a thermally stable load-bearing support structure, which relates to the field of structural optimization and includes the following steps: defining a design domain and a non-design domain, and completing initialization settings; converting design variables into physical variables based on a density filter function and a projection function; establishing an interpolation model for elastic coefficients and thermal conductivity coefficients; constructing and assembling a heat transfer matrix and a stiffness matrix based on a finite element mesh model; performing a heat transfer simulation to obtain an equivalent thermal load of a unit; performing a statics simulation to calculate a design response; calculating the sensitivity of the design response to the design variables; establishing an optimization model, solving the optimization model based on a moving asymptote algorithm, and updating the design variables; post-processing the optimization results to generate a support structure with a smooth surface. The present invention addresses the problem of thermomechanical coupling optimization under environmental thermal fluctuations, and obtains a load-bearing structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation, solving the problem of low stiffness and easy failure of traditional methods under large environmental fluctuations.
Need to check novelty before this filing date? Find Prior Art

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of structural optimization, and in particular to a topology optimization method for a thermally stable load-bearing bracket structure. Background Art

[0002] Structural topology optimization is a structural design method that optimizes the spatial layout of materials point by point, and can design lightweight configurations with optimized load-bearing performance. In actual engineering applications, the deformation of the load-bearing structure is affected not only by external loads, but also by environmental thermal fluctuations. If the influence of environmental thermal fluctuations is ignored in the topology optimization design, the actual load-bearing performance of the optimized design will not be consistent with the design expectations. For example, the lunar rover needs to serve on the lunar surface where the temperature difference between day and night is large. Its support structure is subject to two major effects: mechanical deformation caused by external loads and thermal deformation caused by thermal expansion and contraction. Under high day and night temperature differences, the lunar rover support structure designed by traditional topology optimization methods that do not consider environmental fluctuations is prone to large deformation failure. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the thermal stability load-bearing performance structure design under environmental thermal fluctuations.

[0003] Existing topology optimization methods that consider thermally stable load-bearing structures often perform optimization under given thermal load conditions, that is, the thermal load is irrelevant to the structural topology and the impact of variable temperature environment on structural performance is not considered.

[0004] Therefore, those skilled in the art are committed to developing a topology optimization method for a thermally stable load-bearing support structure. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is how to deal with the adverse effects of thermal loads and environmental thermal fluctuations in the topology optimization design of thermally stable load-bearing structures.

[0006] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for topological optimization of a thermally stable load-bearing support structure, the method comprising the following steps:

[0007] S101: Define the design domain and non-design domain, and complete the initialization settings;

[0008] S103: Converting design variables into physical variables based on density filtering function and projection function;

[0009] S105: establishing an interpolation model of the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity coefficient of the support structure;

[0010] S107: Based on the constructed finite element mesh model, construct and assemble the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix of the system;

[0011] S109: Execute heat transfer simulation calculation to obtain the equivalent heat load of the unit according to the temperature field;

[0012] S111: Performing static simulation calculation to calculate the design response of the support structure;

[0013] S113: Calculating the sensitivity of the design response to the design variable;

[0014] S115: establishing an optimization model, solving the optimization model based on a moving asymptote algorithm, and updating the design variables;

[0015] S117: Post-processing the optimization results to generate the support structure with a smooth surface.

[0016] Furthermore, the initialization setting in S101 includes setting material parameters of the support structure, setting load conditions and temperature conditions, and initializing the design variables to indirectly represent the relative density of the structure.

[0017] Furthermore, in S103, the density filtering function is:

[0018]

[0019] in, is the intermediate variable of unit e after density filtering, M e ={i|||X i -X e ||≤r min} is a unit e with r min is the radius of the neighborhood, X i With X e are the center coordinates of unit i and unit e, respectively, H ie =max{r min -||X i -X e ||,0} is the weight coefficient, μ i is the design variable of unit i, Ω2 is the design domain;

[0020] The projection function is:

[0021]

[0022] Among them, ρ e represents the physical variable of unit e, β is the steepness of the projection, and η is the projection threshold.

[0023] Furthermore, in S105, the elastic coefficient interpolation model of the support structure is:

[0024] E e =E min +ρ e p (E0-E min )

[0025] The thermal conductivity interpolation model of the support structure is:

[0026] κ e =κ min +ρ e p (κ0-κ min )

[0027] Among them, E e is the elastic modulus of unit e obtained after interpolation, κ e is the thermal conductivity of unit e after interpolation, E0 is the Young's modulus of the material, κ0 is the thermal conductivity of the material, E min , κ min In order to avoid the minimum value introduced by the singularity of the finite element solution matrix, p is the penalty coefficient.

[0028] Furthermore, in S107, the heat transfer matrix is:

[0029]

[0030] The stiffness matrix is:

[0031]

[0032] Among them, H is the system heat transfer matrix, K is the system stiffness matrix, B e is the strain matrix of element e, Ω e is the area where unit e is located, and n is the number of units.

[0033] Furthermore, in S109, the equivalent heat load is calculated in the following manner:

[0034]

[0035] Among them, F T is the equivalent heat load, T is the temperature field, ΔT e is the temperature rise of element e relative to the thermal expansion reference temperature, α is the thermal expansion coefficient of the material, φ is a constant, and for three-dimensional problems φ=[1 1 1 0 0 0] T .

[0036] Furthermore, in the S111, in the statics simulation calculation, the statics control equation is:

[0037] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0038] Among them, F T is the equivalent heat load, F Mis the force load, U is the displacement field, and K is the stiffness matrix.

[0039] Furthermore, in S111, the design response of the support structure includes thermal flexibility, maximum displacement and structural volume fraction of the support structure under high temperature and low temperature conditions.

[0040] The thermal flexibility is:

[0041]

[0042] The maximum displacement is:

[0043]

[0044] The structural volume fraction is:

[0045]

[0046] Among them, U is the displacement field, K is the stiffness matrix, ρ i Represents the physical variable of unit i.

[0047] Furthermore, the S113 includes the following sub-steps:

[0048] S1131: Calculate the sensitivity of the thermal flexibility to the physical variable field:

[0049]

[0050] S1132: Calculate the sensitivity of the displacement field to the physical variable field:

[0051]

[0052] S1133: Using the chain rule, obtain the sensitivity of the design response relative to the design variable:

[0053] The sensitivity of the thermal flexibility to the design variables is:

[0054]

[0055] The sensitivity of the displacement field to the design variables is:

[0056]

[0057] in, is the adjoint vector, which can be obtained by the following formula:

[0058]

[0059] The partial derivative of the equivalent heat load with respect to the physical variable field is:

[0060]

[0061] C is thermal flexibility, U is displacement field, μ e is the design variable, ρ e is the physical variable field of unit e.

[0062] Furthermore, in S115, the optimization model is as follows:

[0063]

[0064] stV≤V *

[0065] U max ≤U *

[0066] H.TP T =0

[0067] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0068] 0≤μ e ≤1,e=1,2,…,n

[0069] Among them, γ is the weight coefficient, V * is the upper limit of volume constraint, U * is the upper limit of displacement constraint, C a is the thermal flexibility at the lowest temperature of the temperature field, C b is the thermal flexibility at the highest temperature of the temperature field.

[0070] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0071] 1. The present invention proposes a topology optimization method for a support structure that takes thermally stable load-bearing into consideration. This method can address the thermal coupling optimization problem under environmental thermal fluctuations, carry out topology optimization design of thermally stable load-bearing structures, and obtain a load-bearing structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation under actual thermal environment fluctuations. This improves the load-bearing mechanical bearing performance of the structure under environmental thermal fluctuations, and solves the problem of low stiffness and easy failure of the load-bearing support structure designed by the traditional topology optimization method under large environmental fluctuations.

[0072] 2. The present invention proposes a method for topological optimization of a support structure that takes thermal stability into consideration, which can be used for the design of support structures in thermally fluctuating environments, ensuring the thermal stability of the structure while achieving lightweighting.

[0073] The concept, specific structure and technical effects of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to fully understand the purpose, characteristics and effects of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0074] Figure 1 is a schematic flow chart of an optimization method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0075] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram illustrating a detailed process flow of an optimization method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0076] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the working condition of the initial design structure of an embodiment of the present invention;

[0077] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure after the initial design and optimized design of an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0078] The following describes several preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings to make its technical content clearer and easier to understand. The present invention can be embodied in many different forms of embodiments, and the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments mentioned herein.

[0079] In the drawings, components with identical structures are denoted by the same reference numerals, and components with similar structures or functions are denoted by similar reference numerals. The size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrary and are not limited by the present invention. For clarity, the thickness of components in some places in the drawings is appropriately exaggerated.

[0080] like Figure 1 As shown, in the existing topology optimization methods considering thermally stable load-bearing structures, optimization is often performed under given thermal load conditions, that is, the thermal load is irrelevant to the structural topology and the influence of the variable temperature environment on the structural performance is not considered. The resulting optimized design is likely to be inconsistent with the design expectations. The embodiment of the present invention proposes a topology optimization method for a bracket structure considering thermally stable load-bearing, while considering the structural optimization design under the combined action of external force loads and environmental thermal fluctuations. The designed bracket structure achieves lightweight while ensuring excellent thermally stable load-bearing performance. The bracket structure topology optimization method provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0081] S1: Define the design domain and non-design domain, and complete the initialization settings.

[0082] After defining the design domain and non-design domain, the system is initialized. The initialization settings include: setting the material parameters of the bracket structure, setting the load conditions and temperature conditions, and initializing the design variables to indirectly represent the relative density of the structure.

[0083] S2: Based on the density filter function and projection function, the design variables are converted into physical variables.

[0084] When initializing the design variables, the design variables are used to indirectly represent the relative density of the structure. During the initialization process, if a unit belongs to the area outside the design domain, the corresponding component in the design variable is initialized to 1 and remains unchanged during the subsequent optimization process.

[0085] The density filter function is:

[0086]

[0087] in, is the intermediate variable of unit e after density filtering, M e ={i|||X i -X e ||≤r min} is a unit e with r min is the radius of the neighborhood, X i With X e are the center coordinates of unit i and unit e, respectively, H ie =max{r min -||X i -X e ||,0} is the weight coefficient, μ i is the design variable of unit i, Ω2 is the design domain;

[0088] The projection function is:

[0089]

[0090] Among them, ρ e represents the physical variable of unit e, β is the steepness of the projection, and η is the projection threshold.

[0091] S3: Establish an interpolation model for the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity of the bracket structure.

[0092] The elastic coefficient interpolation model of the bracket structure is:

[0093] E e =E min +ρ e p (E0-E min )

[0094] The thermal conductivity interpolation model of the bracket structure is:

[0095] κ e =κ min +ρ e p (κ0-κmin )

[0096] Among them, E e is the elastic modulus of unit e obtained after interpolation, κ e is the thermal conductivity of unit e after interpolation, E0 is the Young's modulus of the material, κ0 is the thermal conductivity of the material, E min , κ min In order to avoid the minimum value introduced by the singularity of the finite element solution matrix, p is the penalty coefficient.

[0097] S4: Based on the constructed finite element mesh model, the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix of the system are constructed and assembled.

[0098] The heat transfer matrix is:

[0099]

[0100] The stiffness matrix is:

[0101]

[0102] Among them, H is the system heat transfer matrix, K is the system stiffness matrix, B e is the strain matrix of element e, Ω e is the area where unit e is located, and n is the number of units.

[0103] S5: Perform heat transfer simulation calculations and obtain the equivalent heat load of the unit based on the temperature field.

[0104] The equivalent heat load is calculated as follows:

[0105]

[0106] Among them, F T is the equivalent heat load, T is the temperature field, ΔT e is the temperature rise of element e relative to the thermal expansion reference temperature, α is the thermal expansion coefficient of the material, φ is a constant, and for three-dimensional problems φ=[1 1 1 0 0 0] T .

[0107] S6: Perform static simulation calculations to calculate the design response of the bracket structure.

[0108] In statics simulation calculations, the statics governing equation is:

[0109] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0110] Among them, F T is the equivalent heat load, F M is the force load, U is the displacement field, and K is the stiffness matrix.

[0111] The design response of the bracket structure includes the thermal flexibility, maximum displacement, and structural volume fraction of the bracket structure under high and low temperature conditions. The specific calculations are as follows:

[0112] Thermal flexibility is:

[0113]

[0114] The maximum displacement is:

[0115]

[0116] The structural volume fraction is:

[0117]

[0118] Among them, U is the displacement field, K is the stiffness matrix, ρ i is the physical variable of unit i.

[0119] S7: Calculate the sensitivity of the design response to the design variables.

[0120] The following sub-steps are involved in designing the sensitivity of the response to the design variables:

[0121] S71: Calculate the sensitivity of thermal flexibility to the field of physical variables:

[0122]

[0123] S72: Calculate the sensitivity of the displacement field to the physical variable field:

[0124]

[0125] S73: Combined with the chain rule, the sensitivity of the design response to the design variables is obtained:

[0126] The sensitivity of thermal flexibility to design variables is:

[0127]

[0128] The sensitivity of the displacement field to the design variables is:

[0129]

[0130] in, is the adjoint vector, which can be obtained by the following formula:

[0131]

[0132] The partial derivative of the equivalent heat load with respect to the physical variable field is:

[0133]

[0134] C is thermal flexibility, U is displacement field, μ e is the design variable, ρ e is the physical variable field of unit e.

[0135] S8: Establish an optimization model, solve the optimization model based on the moving asymptote algorithm, and update the design variables.

[0136] The following optimization model is established:

[0137]

[0138] stV≤V *

[0139] U max ≤U *

[0140] H.TP T =0

[0141] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0142] 0≤μ e ≤1,e=1,2,…,n

[0143] Among them, γ is the weight coefficient, V * is the upper limit of volume constraint, U * is the upper limit of displacement constraint, C a is the thermal flexibility at the lowest temperature of the temperature field, C b is the thermal flexibility at the highest temperature of the temperature field.

[0144] S9: Post-process the optimization results to generate a bracket structure with a smooth surface.

[0145] The present invention addresses the problem that the existing topology optimization method for thermally stable load-bearing structures performs structural optimization design under given thermal load conditions without considering the influence of configuration-related thermal loads and environmental thermal fluctuations, resulting in an optimized design that is easily inconsistent with the design expectations. The present invention proposes a topology optimization method for a thermally stable load-bearing bracket structure, which considers thermally stable load-bearing performance under environmental thermal fluctuations and obtains a lightweight bracket structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation under ambient temperature fluctuations. Based on the variable density topology optimization method, an interpolation model of the structural elastic modulus and thermal conductivity coefficient and a thermomechanical coupling simulation model considering high and low temperature environments are established; an optimization model considering high and low temperature working conditions is proposed, which takes structural thermal flexibility as the optimization target and structural volume fraction and displacement as constraints; the adjoint method is used to derive the sensitivity of each design response; the moving asymptote method is used to update the design variables according to each design response, and iterative optimization is performed to finally obtain a bracket structure that meets the requirements of thermally stable load-bearing performance. The present invention proposes a topology optimization method for a support structure that takes thermally stable load-bearing into consideration. This method can address the thermomechanical coupling optimization problem under environmental thermal fluctuations, carry out topology optimization design of a thermally stable load-bearing structure, and obtain a load-bearing structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation under actual thermal environment fluctuations. This solves the problem that the load-bearing support structure designed by the traditional topology optimization method has low stiffness and easy failure under large environmental fluctuations.

[0146] The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

[0147] The existing topology optimization method for thermally stable load-bearing structures performs structural optimization design under given thermal load conditions, without considering the influence of configuration-related thermal loads and environmental thermal fluctuations. The resulting optimized design is likely to be inconsistent with the design expectations. The present invention proposes a topology optimization method for thermally stable load-bearing bracket structures. This method considers thermally stable load-bearing performance under environmental thermal fluctuations, and obtains a lightweight bracket structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation under ambient temperature fluctuations. Specifically, the method proposed in the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

[0148] Step 1: Define the design domain and non-design domain, and set the material parameters.

[0149] like Figure 2 As shown in the figure, for a given initial design structure of the bracket, this method is used to optimize the thermal stability of the load-bearing design. The working environment temperature of the bracket structure is 93K~423K. The non-design domain is defined as Ω1 and the design domain is defined as Ω2. The design domain structure is discretized into a grid of 241×65×33 units, and the Young's modulus of the material is set to E0=60000MPa, the Poisson's ratio is 0.33, the heat transfer coefficient is 237W / (m·K), and the thermal expansion coefficient is 0.000023K. -1 .

[0150] Step 2: Set up load cases and temperature cases.

[0151] For the non-design domain Ω1, the specified thermal-mechanical coupling condition is applied, and the condition diagram is as follows: Figure 3 As shown in the figure, for heat transfer loads, two working conditions, high temperature and low temperature, are considered, and two ambient temperatures are set at 93K and 423K respectively; for static loads, one end of the bracket is fixed and the other end is subjected to vertical force.

[0152] Step 3: Initialize the design variables.

[0153] Initialize the design variables, design variables μ=(μ1,μ2,…,μ n ), which is used to indirectly express the relative density of the structure, where n is the total number of units.

[0154] During the initialization process, if the unit i belongs to the region Ω1 where the non-design domain is located, the component μ in μ is i It is initialized to 1 and remains unchanged throughout the optimization process.

[0155] Step 4: Density filtering and projection.

[0156] Based on density filtering and projection function, the design variable μ is transformed into a physical variable ρ=(ρ1,ρ2,…,ρ n ).

[0157] The density filtering formula is as follows:

[0158]

[0159] in, is the intermediate variable of unit e after density filtering, M e ={i|||X i -X e ||≤r min} is a unit e with r min is the radius of the neighborhood, X i With X e are the center coordinates of unit i and unit e, respectively, H ie =max{r min -||X i -X e ||,0} is the weight coefficient, μ i is the design variable of unit i, and Ω2 is the design domain.

[0160] The projection function formula is as follows:

[0161]

[0162] Among them, ρe represents the physical variable of unit e, β is the steepness of the projection, and η is the projection threshold.

[0163] Step 5: Establish the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity interpolation model.

[0164] Based on the SIMP formula, the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity interpolation model of the overall structure are established:

[0165] E e =E min +ρ e p(E0-E min )

[0166] κ e =κ min +ρ e p(κ0-κ min )

[0167] Among them, E e , κ e are the elastic modulus and thermal conductivity of unit e after interpolation; E0 is the Young's modulus of the material; κ0 is the thermal conductivity of the material; E min , κ min To avoid the minimum value introduced by the finite element solution matrix singularity; p is the penalty coefficient. In this embodiment, E min , κ min Take 1e-6 and P as 3.

[0168] Step 6: Assemble the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix.

[0169] Based on the constructed finite element mesh, construct and assemble the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix of the system:

[0170]

[0171] Among them, H is the system heat transfer matrix, K is the system stiffness matrix, B e is the strain matrix of the element, Ω e is the area where unit e is located, and n is the number of units.

[0172] Step 7: Perform heat transfer simulation to obtain the equivalent heat load.

[0173] Calculate the equivalent heat load under the two conditions of low temperature 93K and high temperature 423K Perform heat transfer simulation calculations. The heat transfer governing equation is:

[0174] H.TP T =0

[0175] Where T is the temperature field, P T is the equivalent temperature load.

[0176] The equivalent heat load of the unit is obtained based on the temperature field:

[0177]

[0178] Where ΔT e is the temperature rise of the element relative to the thermal expansion reference temperature, φ is a constant, for three-dimensional problems φ=[1 11 0 0 0] T ;α is the thermal expansion coefficient of the material.

[0179] Step 8: Perform static simulation.

[0180] Combined with the equivalent thermal load calculated in step 7, static simulation calculation is performed to obtain the thermal deformation U caused by the thermal-mechanical coupling conditions under low temperature 93K and high temperature 423K. a 、U b .

[0181] The governing equations of statics are:

[0182] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0183] Among them, F M is the force load, U is the displacement field, U is the displacement field, and K is the stiffness matrix.

[0184] Step 9: Calculate the design responses of the structure.

[0185] Calculate the thermal flexibility C of the structure at low and high temperatures a 、C b , structure volume fraction V and maximum displacement

[0186]

[0187] Step 10: Sensitivity analysis of objective function and constraint function.

[0188] Calculates the sensitivity of the design response to the design variables.

[0189] Calculate the thermal flexibility C of the structure to the physical variable field ρ e Sensitivity:

[0190]

[0191] in, is the adjoint vector, which can be obtained by the following formula:

[0192]

[0193] Calculate the equivalent heat load on the physical variable field ρ e Partial derivatives of :

[0194]

[0195] Calculate the structural displacement field U versus the physical variable field ρ e Sensitivity:

[0196]

[0197] Finally, the chain rule is used to obtain the sensitivity of the design response to the design variable. For example, the thermal flexibility C is sensitive to the design variable μ e The sensitivity is:

[0198]

[0199] Displacement field U versus design variable μ e The sensitivity is:

[0200]

[0201] Among them, ρ e is the physical variable field of unit e, ρ k is the physical variable field of unit k.

[0202] Step 11: The MMA algorithm solves the optimization model and updates the design variables.

[0203] An optimization model is established and solved based on the moving asymptote algorithm (MMA algorithm) to update the design variable μ.

[0204] The optimization model is as follows:

[0205]

[0206] stV≤V *

[0207] U max ≤U *

[0208] H.TP T =0

[0209] K·U-(F T +F M )=0

[0210] 0≤μ e ≤1,e=1,2,…,n

[0211] Among them, γ is the weight coefficient, V * is the upper limit of volume constraint, U * is the upper limit of displacement constraint, Ca is the thermal flexibility at the lowest temperature of the temperature field, C b is the thermal flexibility at the highest temperature of the temperature field. In this embodiment, γ is 0.5, V * Take 0.3, U * Take 1.00mm.

[0212] Step 12: Determine whether it has converged

[0213] Determine whether the iteration has converged. If all constraints are satisfied and the relative change of the objective function is less than 1% for 10 consecutive steps, go to step 13; otherwise, go to step 4.

[0214] Step 13: Optimize the structure post-processing

[0215] The support optimization results are post-processed to generate a smooth surface lunar rover support structure, such as Figure 4 The reference design volume is 9298cm 3 , thermal flexibility is 6964J; the optimized design volume is 7440cm 3 , thermal flexibility is 2387J, achieving a 20% weight reduction and a 66% reduction in thermal flexibility.

[0216] The present invention proposes a method for optimizing the topology of a support structure with thermal stability in mind. This method addresses the problem of thermal-mechanical coupling optimization under thermal fluctuations, enabling the topological optimization of thermally stable load-bearing structures. This method results in a load-bearing structure with high specific stiffness and resistance to thermal deformation under actual thermal conditions, thereby improving the mechanical load-bearing performance of the structure under thermal fluctuations. In production implementation, this method can be used to design support structures in thermally fluctuating environments, ensuring thermal stability while also achieving lightweight construction.

[0217] The above describes in detail the preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that those skilled in the art can make numerous modifications and variations based on the concepts of the present invention without inventive effort. Therefore, any technical solutions that can be derived by those skilled in the art through logical analysis, reasoning, or limited experimentation based on the concepts of the present invention and the prior art should be within the scope of protection defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A method for topological optimization of a thermally stable load-bearing support structure, characterized in that: The method comprises the following steps: S101: Define the design domain and non-design domain, and complete the initialization settings; S103: Converting design variables into physical variables based on density filtering function and projection function; S105: establishing an interpolation model of the elastic coefficient and thermal conductivity coefficient of the support structure; S107: Based on the constructed finite element mesh model, construct and assemble the heat transfer matrix and stiffness matrix of the system; S109: Execute heat transfer simulation calculation to obtain the equivalent heat load of the unit according to the temperature field; S111: Performing static simulation calculation to calculate the design response of the support structure; S113: Calculating the sensitivity of the design response to the design variable; S115: establishing an optimization model, solving the optimization model based on a moving asymptote algorithm, and updating the design variables; S117: performing post-processing on the optimization result to generate the support structure with a smooth surface; in, In step S111, the design response of the support structure includes the thermal flexibility, maximum displacement and structural volume fraction of the support structure under high temperature and low temperature conditions. The thermal flexibility is: The maximum displacement is: The structural volume fraction is: in, is the displacement field, is the stiffness matrix, is the penalty coefficient, Display unit physical variables; The step S113 includes the following sub-steps: S1131: Calculate the sensitivity of the thermal flexibility to the physical variable field: S1132: Calculate the sensitivity of the displacement field to the physical variable field: S1133: Using the chain rule, obtain the sensitivity of the design response relative to the design variable: The sensitivity of the thermal flexibility to the design variables is: The sensitivity of the displacement field to the design variables is: in, is the adjoint vector, which can be obtained by the following formula: The partial derivative of the equivalent heat load with respect to the physical variable field is: Where C is thermal flexibility, is the design variable, For unit The physical variable field, For unit The physical variable field; In step S115, the optimization model is as follows: in, is the weight coefficient, is the upper limit of the volume constraint, is the upper limit of displacement constraint, is the thermal flexibility at the lowest temperature of the temperature field, is the thermal flexibility at the highest temperature of the temperature field.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The initialization settings in S101 include setting material parameters of the support structure, setting load conditions and temperature conditions, and initializing the design variables to indirectly represent the relative density of the structure.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein In the S103, the density filtering function is: in, For unit The intermediate variable after density filtering, For unit by is the neighborhood radius, and Unit With unit The center coordinates of is the weight coefficient, For unit i The design variables, is the design domain; The projection function is: in, Display unit is the physical variable of the projection, β is the steepness of the projection, and η is the projection threshold.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein In S105, the elastic coefficient interpolation model of the support structure is: The thermal conductivity interpolation model of the support structure is: in, For unit The elastic modulus obtained after interpolation is For unit The thermal conductivity obtained after interpolation is is the Young's modulus of the material, is the thermal conductivity of the material, 、 In order to avoid the minimum value introduced by the singularity of the finite element solution matrix, is the penalty coefficient.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein In S107, the heat transfer matrix is: The stiffness matrix is: in, is the system heat transfer matrix, is the system stiffness matrix, For unit The strain matrix, For unit Area is the number of units.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein In S109, the equivalent heat load is calculated in the following manner: in, is the equivalent heat load, is the temperature field, For unit Temperature rise relative to the thermal expansion reference temperature, is the thermal expansion coefficient of the material, is a constant, for three-dimensional problems .

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein In the S111, in the statics simulation calculation, the statics control equation is: in, is the equivalent heat load, is the force load, is the displacement field, is the stiffness matrix.

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Thermal-mechanical coupling topological optimization method considering material temperature dependency

    CN115935740A

  • Structural topology optimization method based on material-field reduction series expansion

    WO2020215533A1