MULTIPHYSICS AUTOMATED SUPPORT GENERATION FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020264249A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-30

    申请号:PCT/US2020/039748

    申请日:2020-06-26

    IPC分类号: B33Y50/02 B33Y50/00 G06F30/20

    摘要: A method, medium, and system to execute an additive manufacturing (AM) simulation on a model of a part; determine, based on the AM simulation, a prediction of a temperature and displacement distribution in the part at a particular time in the AM process; apply the predicted temperature and displacement distributions in the part as a boundary conditions on a support design space to determine a temperature distribution throughout the support design space; and execute a thermal-structural topology optimization based on the determined temperature and displacement distributions throughout the support design space to determine a distribution of material in the design space for a thermal support structure to interface with the part that optimally reduces a thermal gradient in the part with a minimum of material and results in the generation of an optimized AM support structure.

    INTEGRAL TURBINE CENTER FRAME
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019157299A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:PCT/US2019/017238

    申请日:2019-02-08

    摘要: Turbine center frames are provided. For example, a turbine center frame comprises an annular outer case and an annular hub. The hub is defined radially inward of the outer case such that the outer case circumferentially surrounds the hub. The turbine center frame further comprises an annular fairing extending between the outer case and the hub, a ligament extending from the fairing to the outer case to connect the fairing to the outer case, a plurality of struts extending from the hub to the outer case, and a boss structure defined on an outer surface of the outer case. The outer case, hub, fairing, ligament, plurality of struts, and boss structure are integrally formed as a single monolithic component. For instance, the turbine center frame is additively manufactured as an integral structure, and methods for manufacturing turbine center frames also are provided.

    FRAMEWORK FOR RAPID ADDITIVE DESIGN WITH GENERATIVE TECHNIQUES

    公开(公告)号:WO2019036127A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:PCT/US2018/041068

    申请日:2018-07-06

    IPC分类号: G06N3/08 B29C64/386 B33Y50/00

    摘要: According to some embodiments, a system may include a design experience data store containing electronic records associated with prior industrial asset item designs. A deep learning model platform, coupled to the design experience data store, may include a communication port to receive constraint and load information from a designer device. The deep learning platform may further include a computer processor adapted to automatically and generatively create boundaries and geometries, using a deep learning model associated with an additive manufacturing process, for an industrial asset item based on the prior industrial asset item designs and the received constraint and load information. According to some embodiments, the deep learning model computer processor is further to receive design adjustments from the designer device. The received design adjustments might be for example, used to execute an optimization process and/or be fed back to continually re-train the deep learning model.

    COMPONENTS CONFIGURED TO AUTONOMOUSLY DETECT AND ACCOMMODATE STRUCTURAL CHANGES

    公开(公告)号:WO2019027601A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:PCT/US2018/040270

    申请日:2018-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01M5/00 G01B7/16

    摘要: A component has a first structural configuration and a second structural configuration. The component includes a sensor assembly including a plurality of interconnected structural members defining a plurality of load paths. A first structural member and a second structural member define a first load path when the component is in the first structural configuration. The first structural member and a third structural member define a second load path when the component is in the second structural configuration. The second load path is configured to bypass the second structural member. The sensor assembly is configured to detect a characteristic of the component that changes when the component switches between the first structural configuration and the second structural configuration.