Topology optimization is an innovative strategy applied in the turbomachinery field with the aim of substantially improving the performances of turbomachinery components in terms of weights, stress levels and rotation speed, with a very remarkable economic impact. Being very flexible, topology optimization allows to manage the structures topology, significantly improving material distribution within a given design space for a given set of loads and boundary conditions. In this paper, the authors, in cooperation with General Electric Nuovo Pignone, develop a new concept design of a turbine disk and the optimized component is compared to the benchmark, in order to verify the achieved improvements. Special attention is paid to the use of innovative materials with lattice structures, characterized by complex three-dimensional geometries. Thanks to advanced technologies, as additive manufacturing, it is now possible to effectively exploit topology optimization to develop new components featured by complex structures. The developed prototypes will be manufactured and tested in the near future together with the industrial partners.

Innovative Structural Topology Optimization Approach For Rotordynamics Components Using Innovative Materials And New Manufacturing Techniques / Boccini, Enrico; Meli, Enrico; Rindi, Andrea; Corbò, Simone; Iurisci, Giuseppe. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 0-0. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME IDETC/CIE 2017).

Innovative Structural Topology Optimization Approach For Rotordynamics Components Using Innovative Materials And New Manufacturing Techniques

BOCCINI, ENRICO;MELI, ENRICO;RINDI, ANDREA;
2017

Abstract

Topology optimization is an innovative strategy applied in the turbomachinery field with the aim of substantially improving the performances of turbomachinery components in terms of weights, stress levels and rotation speed, with a very remarkable economic impact. Being very flexible, topology optimization allows to manage the structures topology, significantly improving material distribution within a given design space for a given set of loads and boundary conditions. In this paper, the authors, in cooperation with General Electric Nuovo Pignone, develop a new concept design of a turbine disk and the optimized component is compared to the benchmark, in order to verify the achieved improvements. Special attention is paid to the use of innovative materials with lattice structures, characterized by complex three-dimensional geometries. Thanks to advanced technologies, as additive manufacturing, it is now possible to effectively exploit topology optimization to develop new components featured by complex structures. The developed prototypes will be manufactured and tested in the near future together with the industrial partners.
2017
Proceedings of the ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers & Information in Engineering Conference
ASME IDETC/CIE 2017
Boccini, Enrico; Meli, Enrico; Rindi, Andrea; Corbò, Simone; Iurisci, Giuseppe
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