Review on lightweight materials, additive manufacturing techniques and design optimization of an airplane.

Autor: Chatterjee, Abhay, Mishra, Abhishek, Sharma, Shubham, Bhagchandani, Ranjeet Kumar
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 10/11/2022, Vol. 2653 Issue 1, p1-18, 18p
Abstrakt: As a result of boom in technological advancements witnessed over the past few decades, we are racing forward in the quest of contriving more innovative, and efficient means of production and manufacturing. These innovations are assessed on the basis of their complexity, and cost-effectiveness among other parameters. Industry 4.0 gives us a base to understand new ways of production with additive manufacturing (AM) being its pillar. The aerospace sector requires higher strength-to-weight ratio materials as they would be more fuel-efficient. Various alloys of Aluminium, titanium, and composites are used for this purpose. AM (such as Direct energy deposition, powder bed fusion technologies) is utilized not only in manufacturing parts but for repairing purposes as well. Lattice structures replacing the conventional metallic and composite structures along with the utilisation of generative design results in weight and cost reduction. Structural optimization is employed in order to enhance properties such as stiffness strength and vibration performance. The paper discusses the employability of suitable materials along with optimized techniques in order to refine the manufacturing process, specifically, the utilization of concepts like lattice structure, structural optimization, and generative design in order to increase aircraft efficiencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index