Multi-Dimensional Load Structure With Tiered Glass Layers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load structures, such as those used in vehicles, often have unpredictable weak areas due to varying contour and thickness, which can affect their ability to withstand loads effectively.
Innovation Solution
A multi-dimensional load structure is developed with a tiered configuration of layers, including a base layer and interior layers with varying thicknesses and compressive properties, where the interior layers are designed to withstand greater compressive forces, and a glass layer is applied to enhance stability, along with a coating to encapsulate deformed areas, resulting in improved structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If load structures are formed with varying contour and thickness sections, then the structure can adapt to different load requirements, but unpredictable weak areas are created that reduce structural reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The load structure is divided into multiple discrete layers (first layer, second layer, third layer) with progressively varying thicknesses. Each layer can be independently controlled and manufactured, allowing the varying thickness profile to be achieved through systematic segmentation rather than continuous variation, thereby reducing unpredictable weak areas while maintaining load adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
Different layers are assigned different thicknesses and material properties to match local load requirements. The first layer has greater thickness for high-load areas, while subsequent layers have reduced thickness where loads are lower, optimizing both structural reliability and load adaptation capability through localized property variation
2Strength
If pre-molding geometric shapes to add thickness is used, then load-bearing capacity is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple layers of varying thickness are combined into a single integrated load structure through lamination. This merging approach achieves the load-bearing capacity of pre-molded geometric shapes while simplifying manufacturing by using a layered construction process rather than complex pre-molding operations
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of adding thickness through pre-molded geometric shapes (modifying the third dimension through complex molding), the invention achieves varying thickness by stacking multiple layers with different thicknesses (utilizing the layering dimension). This dimensional approach simplifies manufacturing while maintaining load-bearing capacity
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AI summary
An exemplary multi-dimensional load structure may include a base panel having a tiered structure with an upper layer, a lower layer, and at least one interior layer therebetween. The load structure may also have a glass layer applied to at least surfaces of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the at least one interior layer not in contact with an adjacent layer. The load structure may further have a coating applied to the exterior of the glass layer. The at least one interior layer may be configured to withstand a greater compressive force than the upper layer and the lower layer and/or the upper layer and the lower layer may be lighter than the at least one interior layer.