Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 635-637

Abstract: Finite element method is widely used in steam turbine impeller blade subsystem strength analysis aspect, but because of the complicated working environment, the steam turbine has taken different handling of loads and boundary conditions when using finite element analysis method. In this paper, Static strength of the "215mm" of 135 MW steam turbine standard blade was calculated by using traditional calculation method and finite element method. By comparing two kinds of analysis results, the work load and boundary conditions were revised, which ensured the credibility of the result of the finite element analysis; According to the analysis results of stress, concentration phenomenon was obvious, then the blade root was optimized and the optimization result was excellent.

Abstract: Point cloud has been used as representation model for tool path planning. However, for point cloud machining, there are few tool path generation strategies but iso-planar method. In this paper, a method of generating tool paths from point cloud for three-axis machining is presented. A simple base surface, such as plane or cylindrical surface, etc., is first created according to the shape of the point cloud. On this base surface, the guide curves of tool path are rapidly designed, and then are projected onto the point cloud surface to generate the final tool path by using the least squared projection method. Finally, this method is tested on a sample surface to demonstrate its validity.

Abstract: In NC milling tool path reflects all the processing process, the tool path is reasonable or not, related to the workpiece processing quality and production efficiency, through several parts of the typical contour shape analysis, determination method of NC machining tool path, determined by the combination of NC milling tool path, to reduce the surface roughness of the workpiece, improve workpiece processing quality objective.

Abstract: A new Passage Airbag (PAB) folding method which integrates simulation folding and manual folding is presented. Determining how to get a multi-layer 2D surface is vital to PAB folding. By means of 3D PAB flattening process simulation, 2D surface with a minimum area loss is created. This method avoids the traditional measurement of real PAB to obtain 2D airbag with inaccurate shape and size. After flattening PAB simulation, the 2D surfaces are meshed with respect to the predefined folding lines. The subsequent folding steps of flat 2D airbag are carried out according to the folding requirements. Finally, the reference geometry meshing and folded airbag are obtained accurately and rapidly. The static PAB deployment test is modeled using particle method for gas flow to validate this folding method. Good correlation between simulation and test results during early deployment phase of airbag is achieved. It has proven the effectiveness and feasibility of this PAB folding method.

Abstract: Due to the simulation of electric vehicle usually includes several domains which is difficult to integrate when the models are from different disciplinaries. In this paper, a library of the Electrical Vehicle is built using the unified multidisciplinary modeling language Modelica to model chassis, motor, batteries, and driver. And then the interfaces of different sub-systems is defined to assemble the sub-systems of the vehicle. Finally, some examples on the performance of Stability control of the Electrical Vehicle are implemented to verify the correctness of the model and the validity of the method.

Abstract: Outer-cryostat is one of the important equipments of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). It is the outer part of ITER Tokomak that can offer the vacuum to avoid the great quantity of thermal force influencing the magnet system. In order to improve the efficiency of designing and modifying the system of the outer-cryostat, this paper will research on the exploitation of a sort of software which is based on the CATIA that can conquer the field of parametric design of the outer-cryostat, facing to the complex construction of outer-cryostat with numerous parts.

Abstract: Based on the UG 6.0 platform, with the three dimensional digital technology, combined with UG CAM template customization, this paper is about the research and development of hole groove class feature extraction module, automatically selecting hole groove parts feature information, through reasoning, to implement the corresponding processing template calls, with the aid of process parameters of knowledge database to realize automatic processing of information given, then to realize the automatic generation of NC program, and to realize the seamless integration of CAD/CAM.

Abstract: The finite element modeling is based on the aluminum-silicon alloy piston compression performance test by using both 10-node tetrahedron element and 10-node hexahedron element. After analyzing four grid types, we found that employing both tetrahedron element and hexahedron element can obtain stress-strain nephogram, but with a difference between the four modeling results. In the context of having the same grid size, 10-node hexahedron element reflects a fairly accurate piston stress-strain status than the 10-node tetrahedron element, and among the four schemes, the result calculated by analyzing the locally refined grid that containing both 2mm and 1mm sized 10-node hexahedron grids is the one that matches the experimental value best.

Abstract: A framework of an intelligent tool selection system for milling based on STEP-NC machining features is proposed. The main objective of the research is to develop a procedure for the selection of cutting tools. This will help the planners to select the optimal cutting tools. The proposed system consists of the knowledge base module, the inference engine, the user interface and the database. The implementation of the presented system is developed in Solidworks. An example is given to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the prototype system. As a result, this research shows a high potential to aid the development of tool selection and process planning milling system.

Abstract: Air spring is used for the suspension system and it affects the vehicle stability and riding comfort by improving the impact-relief, braking, and cornering performance. Air Spring is comprised of the upper plate, lower plate, and rubber sleeve. Rubber sleeve is the composite material, which is made up of combination of rubber and Nylon, and the characteristics are changed according to the shape of rubber-sleeve, the angle of reinforcement cord. In this study, the distribution of internal stresses and the deformation of rubber composite material are analyzed through the nonlinear finite element method. The result showed that the internal maximum stresses and deformations about the changes of cord angle caused the more the Young's modulus decrease, the more maximum stress reduced.