COMPLAS 2021 is the 16th conference of the COMPLAS Series.
The COMPLAS conferences started in 1987 and since then have become established events in the field of computational plasticity and related topics. The first fifteen conferences in the COMPLAS series were all held in the city of Barcelona (Spain) and were very successful from the scientific, engineering and social points of view. We intend to make the 16th edition of the conferenceanother successful edition of the COMPLAS meetings.
The objectives of COMPLAS 2021 are to address both the theoretical bases for the solution of nonlinear solid mechanics problems, involving plasticity and other material nonlinearities, and the numerical algorithms necessary for efficient and robust computer implementation. COMPLAS 2021 aims to act as a forum for practitioners in the nonlinear structural mechanics field to discuss recent advances and identify future research directions.
Scope
COMPLAS 2021 is the 16th conference of the COMPLAS Series.
N. Shahmansouri, H. Cheong, A. Tessier, A. Butscher
ECCOMAS 2024.
Abstract
In kinematic mechanism synthesis, the goal is to find the optimal configuration and parameters of a mechanism system that produces desired mechanical performance such as motion or force. For a problem involving a complex set of requirements, the optimal system often comprises of many mechanism components, known as Mechanical Building Blocks (MBBs). For example, a complex power transmission system is created with a series of gears, shafts, belts, etc. During the search for an optimal system, the algorithm must be able to evaluate the perfor mance of a candidate system made up of an arbitrary collection of building blocks. To address this challenge, we propose modular modelling of the MBBs that can be composed on-the-fly as a system of equations to be solved. This approach is largely based on multidisciplinary design optimization framework, where the model is composed by considering all relevant disciplines simultaneously to find an optimal solution. In this work, we present the first set of MBBs modelled so far, and three use cases where these building blocks are automatically composed to create a complex mechanism system and analyzed to find the optimal parameters of the system. Our approach is implemented using Dymos, which employs modular analysis and unified derivatives (MAUD) for computing the total derivatives out of the partial derivatives of individual building blocks for gradient-based optimization and a direct collocation method for integrating the kinematic equations. In sum mary, our work demonstrates the value of the multidisciplinary design optimization approach in solving a mechanism synthesis problem
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