This document summarizes the process of designing and optimizing a box beam for cantilever loading. It outlines the goals of obtaining multiple design options, shortlisting acceptable designs, and optimizing the final design to maximize load to weight ratio. It then describes analyzing shear flow using calculations, considering manufacturing factors for the conceptual designs, and mapping stress concentrations and load path analysis. The document concludes that the final design will be chosen based on efficiency, weight, and manufacturability.
Riccardo Bianco
Topology optimization - Altair suite
tecnologia, scenari e scelte strategiche per la transizione digitale dell'industria manifatturiera
16SMCE310 / 16SCVE310 – Engineering Skills
Project Brief: Flume Ride
Introduction
Employers are constantly asking for engineering graduates who have good team skills, are
problem solvers and are good communicators. On top of that, engineers need to be creative and
innovative. They have to work with many constraints, while developing safe products and
solutions to help the community.
Your team is working on a large project at a consulting engineering firm in Kuwait. Your boss
has approached you to find a solution to a problem. Given that the current engineering tasks on
the project all seem to involve the same standard, your boss asks your team to design and build a
fully functional Flume Ride within a proposed Fun Park on a piece of land near to the sea shore
in Salmiya.
Project description
A Flume Ride is a balance between safety and sensation. Naturally, the ride should be as safe as
possible. After all, if the people are injured riding the Flume Ride then there would be fewer
repeat riders. Fewer repeat riders mean a short life span for the Flume Ride. No to mention the
severe legal implications that could be imposed on the owner of the Flume Ride and the
engineers responsible for the design. Keeping in mind that passengers ride a Flume Ride for the
“death defying” thrill. Here, the key to be successful is to give the rider the sensation of speed
and acceleration. It all comes down to speed control. To achieve this, the hills, curves, dips, and
straight always are not randomly designed.
Your job as an engineer is to design a simple Flume Ride similar to the attached figure. The
track starts with an inverse vertical curve followed by a ramp as shown in the figure. The car
should reach the small water pool at the end. You are also responsible for designing the Flume
Ride car. In this project, you are expected to discuss and document some of the principals
involved in real-life design. You are also responsible for building the Flume Ride and the car.
Requirements:
The owner (represented by your Instructor) has constraints regarding the material to be used.
Each team member needs to develop individually a design idea, to analyse the structure using
hand calculations or software (i.e. SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Staad.Pro, etc.). Your team needs
to discuss advantages and disadvantages of the design ideas, showing your evaluation criteria on
a decision matrix. Other requirements are:
1. The Flume Ride MUST BE inherently safe. The car should not fall off the track.
2. The minimum clearance between ground and Roller Coaster track should be 0.5 m.
3. The maximum height of the Flume Ride track should be 1.5 m.
4. The maximum plan area in which the Flume Ride is built in is 2.25 m2 (1.5m×1.5m).
5. The maximum Flume Ride track width is 0.15 m.
6. SOLIDWORKS must be used to design the Roller Flume Ride.
7. Flume Ride car should be manufactured using 3D printing technology.
8 ...
Thank you for taking time to view my design portfolio. This file includes some of my major design experience during my academic and professional career. This portfolio can show you that I am a future engineer with comprehensive theoretical skill sets, and a designer with creation and innovation. I believe I will be a valuable member of your team. If you have more questions, please reach out with the contact information below.
Riccardo Bianco
Topology optimization - Altair suite
tecnologia, scenari e scelte strategiche per la transizione digitale dell'industria manifatturiera
16SMCE310 / 16SCVE310 – Engineering Skills
Project Brief: Flume Ride
Introduction
Employers are constantly asking for engineering graduates who have good team skills, are
problem solvers and are good communicators. On top of that, engineers need to be creative and
innovative. They have to work with many constraints, while developing safe products and
solutions to help the community.
Your team is working on a large project at a consulting engineering firm in Kuwait. Your boss
has approached you to find a solution to a problem. Given that the current engineering tasks on
the project all seem to involve the same standard, your boss asks your team to design and build a
fully functional Flume Ride within a proposed Fun Park on a piece of land near to the sea shore
in Salmiya.
Project description
A Flume Ride is a balance between safety and sensation. Naturally, the ride should be as safe as
possible. After all, if the people are injured riding the Flume Ride then there would be fewer
repeat riders. Fewer repeat riders mean a short life span for the Flume Ride. No to mention the
severe legal implications that could be imposed on the owner of the Flume Ride and the
engineers responsible for the design. Keeping in mind that passengers ride a Flume Ride for the
“death defying” thrill. Here, the key to be successful is to give the rider the sensation of speed
and acceleration. It all comes down to speed control. To achieve this, the hills, curves, dips, and
straight always are not randomly designed.
Your job as an engineer is to design a simple Flume Ride similar to the attached figure. The
track starts with an inverse vertical curve followed by a ramp as shown in the figure. The car
should reach the small water pool at the end. You are also responsible for designing the Flume
Ride car. In this project, you are expected to discuss and document some of the principals
involved in real-life design. You are also responsible for building the Flume Ride and the car.
Requirements:
The owner (represented by your Instructor) has constraints regarding the material to be used.
Each team member needs to develop individually a design idea, to analyse the structure using
hand calculations or software (i.e. SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Staad.Pro, etc.). Your team needs
to discuss advantages and disadvantages of the design ideas, showing your evaluation criteria on
a decision matrix. Other requirements are:
1. The Flume Ride MUST BE inherently safe. The car should not fall off the track.
2. The minimum clearance between ground and Roller Coaster track should be 0.5 m.
3. The maximum height of the Flume Ride track should be 1.5 m.
4. The maximum plan area in which the Flume Ride is built in is 2.25 m2 (1.5m×1.5m).
5. The maximum Flume Ride track width is 0.15 m.
6. SOLIDWORKS must be used to design the Roller Flume Ride.
7. Flume Ride car should be manufactured using 3D printing technology.
8 ...
Thank you for taking time to view my design portfolio. This file includes some of my major design experience during my academic and professional career. This portfolio can show you that I am a future engineer with comprehensive theoretical skill sets, and a designer with creation and innovation. I believe I will be a valuable member of your team. If you have more questions, please reach out with the contact information below.
1. To Design and
Optimize a Box Beam
for Cantilever Loading Case
by Aditya Joshi, Aniket Pande, Mamah Celestine, Praveen Jose, Ranpreet B and Saumitra Gokhale
MECH 5603 Lightweight Structures
Prof.: Dr. Chad English
Date: 7th November 2013
3. To obtain various possible designs for the box beam
To shortlist all acceptable designs
To optimize the internal structure of final box beam with a view to maximize
load to weight ratio
To produce detailed manufacturing plan
To use load path/hand calculation to justify the choice of our design
3
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
4. 4
Over the years, numerous researchers have
concluded that
A suspension bridge with tensioned cables is
much efficient (and lighter) than a truss bridge
with welded bars
Minimizing the weight of aircraft or its structures
provides better overall efficiency
A efficiently and intelligently designed structure
makes full use of available resources while
avoiding overdesigning and minimizing load to
weight ratio.
OVERALL MOTIVATIONS
5. Meeting
Date
% Work
Accomplished
Pre Meeting Tasks Meeting Agenda
15 Sep 3 First Meeting
overall structure of our report /Project
Plan
21 Sep 8
Introduction and theory (Literature Review on Lightweight Structures & Wing
Box)
Finalized Problem Statement
&Objectives
30 Sep 13 Research on rest of the literature review
Brainstorming/Everyone was told to
sketch their own design
6 Oct 15 Write the allotted sections Literature Review and Sketch your own designs 2nd Brainstorming
7 &8 Oct
25 Manufacturing Considerations/hand sketches for the designs
Brainstorming / Design Discussions
13 & 17 Oct
30
Finish Writing the Introduction & Theory of Report
Finalized the Introduction & Theory
Sections of Report with References
22 Oct 35
thoroughly studied method 1 and method 2 for shear flow analysis./reading
on sheet -stringer approximations
Discussion about hand calculations
28 Oct 45
Make 3-d Models in groups of 2
calculations were done for different
designs by referring professor's notes
Project Plan: Group Meetings
6. Meeting Date
% Work
Accomplished
Pre Meeting Tasks Meeting Agenda
31 Oct 55 Hand calculations on chosen designs in groups of 2
finalized 3-d Models/analysis in Ansys for
stress-deformation visualization
2 Nov 70 make slides for the presentation/do analysis on Ansys Finalized hand calculations
4 Nov 75 Finish the slides for the presentation Presentation finalization
5 Nov/6 Nov 82 rehearse the presentation rehearse the presentation
9 Nov 89
analyze calculations for the 2 designs in groups of 2 Discuss the manufacturing plan /finalize
the final design using the decision matrix
16/23 Nov 96
write method discussion and conclusion of the report
write manufacturing plan and discuss the
pros and cons of the chosen designs
/compilation ,editing and review of the
report/finalize the written report
25 Nov 100
check references and review individually allotted sections finalize the written report/take printouts
11. 11
Shear Flow is maximum in web i.e
in element 17-18 & 8-9
Shear Flow is minimum in element
3-4, 4-5,12 13 &13=14
These conclusions are important
because it tells us where maximum
and minimum shear flow will occur
and accordingly we can strengthen
or optimize the area in our design.
Shear Flow Analysis of Box Beam
Mapping all results on box beam
12. 12
Following factors were considered related to manufacturing:
Manufacturability of conceptual design.
Fasteners to be used. (Pop Rivets)
Manufacturing processes to be performed
Sequence of operations.
Manufacturing Considerations
The goal is to have a design which is efficient in terms of its structure and still possesses
enough strength to withstand the given load. However, it should also be feasible to
manufacture.
13. 13
What Do We Have?
8ft X 4ft X 0.032” Sheet of 3003-H14 Aluminium
Angle of 1” X 1” X 0.0625”
50ft Long of Aluminium - 6061
All Dimensions are in inches
14. Box Beam which can sustain given loading condition
14
What We Have To Make? (Conceptual Design)
15. 15
All Dimensions are in inches
Can be used for Ribs if needed
Green dotted lines represent sheet used for Box Beam fabrication
Blue dotted lines represent sheet used for stringers fabrication.
Manufacturing Considerations
20. 20
CONCLUSION
The final design will chosen only after considering all the factors presented here which
means we will make sure that our final design is efficient in terms of load path and
overall weight of the design and that it is feasible to manufacture it.
Questions ??