Multiscale optimisation of resonant frequencies for lattice-based additive manufactured structures
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Author(s)
Nightingale, Morgan
Hewson, Robert
Santer, Matthew
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel methodology for the optimisation of resonant frequencies in three-dimensional lattice structures. The method uses a multiscale approach in which the homogenised material properties of the lattice unit cell are defined by the spatially varying lattice parameters. Material properties derived from precomputed simulations of the small scale lattice are projected onto response surfaces, thereby describing the large-scale metamaterial properties as polynomial functions of the small-scale parameters. Resonant frequencies and mode shapes are obtained through the eigenvalue analysis of the large-scale finite element model which provides the basis for deriving the frequency sensitivities. Frequency tailoring is achieved by imposing constraints on the resonant frequency for a compliance minimisation optimisation. A sorting method based on the Modal Assurance Criterion allows for specific mode shapes to be optimised whilst simultaneously reducing the impact of localised modes on the optimisation. Three cases of frequency constraints are investigated and compared with an unconstrained optimisation to demonstrate the algorithms applicability. The results show that the optimisation is capable of handling strict frequency constraints and with the use of the modal tracking can even alter the original ordering of the resonant mode shapes. Frequency tailoring allows for improved functionality of compliance-minimised aerospace components by avoiding resonant frequencies and hence dynamic stresses.
Date Issued
2021-03-01
Date Acceptance
2020-09-22
Citation
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization: computer-aided optimal design of stressed solids and multidisciplinary systems, 2021, 63 (3), pp.1187-1201
ISSN
1615-147X
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
1187
End Page
1201
Journal / Book Title
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization: computer-aided optimal design of stressed solids and multidisciplinary systems
Volume
63
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
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Identifier
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00158-020-02752-8
Subjects
Homogenisation
heterogeneous multiscale methods
Resonant Frequency Optimisation
lattice
Additive Manufacturing
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-12-19