Design Optimization of the Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Fuel Tank

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Craig ◽  
Thomas Kingsley ◽  
Rolf Dieterich ◽  
Lukas Haarhoff ◽  
Nielen Stander
Keyword(s):  
Design Optimization ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Fuel Tank ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Structure Interaction

scholarly journals Intelligent Design Optimization System for Additively Manufactured Flow Channels Based on Fluid–Structure Interaction

Micromachines ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Haonan Ji ◽  
Bin Zou ◽  
Yongsheng Ma ◽  
Carlos F. Lange ◽  
Jikai Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Optimization ◽  
Intelligent Design ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Parametric Modeling ◽  
Flow Channel ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Optimization System ◽  
Flow Channels

Based on expert system theory and fluid–structure interaction (FSI), this paper suggests an intelligent design optimization system to derive the optimal shape of both the fluid and solid domain of flow channels. A parametric modeling scheme of flow channels is developed by design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). By changing design parameters, a series of flow channel models can be obtained. According to the design characteristics, the system can intelligently allocate suitable computational models to compute the flow field of a specific model. The pressure-based normal stress is abstracted from the results and transmitted to the solid region by the fluid–structure (FS) interface to analyze the strength of the structure. The design space is obtained by investigating the simulation results with the metamodeling method, which is further applied for pursuing design objectives under constraints. Finally, the improved design is derived by gradient-based optimization. This system can improve the accuracy of the FSI simulation and the efficiency of the optimization process. The design optimization of a flow channel in a simplified hydraulic manifold is applied as the case study to validate the feasibility of the proposed system.

The Simulation of Dual Layer Fuel Tank During the Impact With the Ground Based on Parallel Computing

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zheng ◽  
Jin Xiang-long ◽  
Chen Xiang-dong
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fuel Tank ◽  
Woven Fabric ◽  
Structural Domain ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Bisection Algorithm ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
The Impact

The crashworthiness of a dual layer fuel tank, with the outer layer made of metal and the inner layer made of woven fabric composite material, is fundamental for the survivability of an impact with the ground in emergency. In this research, the simulation of a three-dimensional dual layer fuel tank in the impact with the ground is achieved through the multimaterial arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) finite element method because of its ability to control mesh geometry independently of geometry. At the same time, the naked flexible tank in the impact with the ground is simulated for the evaluation of the outer metal tank. The ALE description is adopted for the fluid domain, while for the structural domain the Lagrangian formulation is considered. The computation of the fluid-structure interaction and the impact contact between the tank and the ground are realized by the penalty-based coupling method. Then, the dynamic behaviors of the dual layer fuel tank and the naked flexible tank in the impact are analyzed. In the meantime, the parallelism of the dual layer fuel tank is discussed because the computation of the fluid-structure interaction and the impact contact is quite time consuming. Based on domain decomposition, the recursive coordinate bisection (RCB) is improved according to the time-consuming characteristics of fluid-filled tank in the impact. The result indicates, comparing with the RCB algorithm, that the improved recursive coordinate bisection algorithm has improved the speedup and parallel efficiency.

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