考虑悬垂约束的3D打印结构优化方法及实验研究

OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF 3D PRINTED STRUCTURES CONSIDERING OVERHANG CONSTRAINTS

  • 摘要: 针对结构优化和3D打印需求不断增加的现状,该文提出一种通过结构布局、几何优化算法考虑力学性能与3D打印可制造性的优化方法,可生成自支撑优化结构。该方法通过Python模块化算法框架实现。结合“构件添加法”进行多工况下结构快速布局优化,在建立基结构和构件添加过程中删除违反悬垂约束的构件;研究考虑悬垂约束的构件融合、节点移动优化算法,进行非线性几何优化以实现结构几何规整化;选取多个算例进行结构优化、生成实体和打印路径,并进行3D打印。结果表明:该文方法得到的优化结构相对于未考虑制造约束的理论最优解材料增加不超过5%,验证了其有效性。

     

    Abstract: In response to the increasing demand for structural optimization and 3D printing, proposed is an optimization method that considered structural performance and 3D printability in layout and geometry optimization, which generated self-supporting optimized structures. The methodology proposed was implemented through a modular Python framework. Rapid layout optimization for multiple load cases was carried out by combining the "member adding method". The members that violated the self-supporting constraint were removed in the ground structures. A non-linear geometry optimization was carried out with member filtering and node merging operations to simplify the structures. Multiple examples were selected for structural optimization, solid generation, printing path generation, and 3D printing. The results show that the optimized structure obtained by the method has no more than a 5% increase in material relative to the theoretical optimal solution without considering manufacturing constraints, verifying its effectiveness.

     

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