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An Integrated Co-Design Optimization Toolchain Applied to a Conjugate Cam-Follower Drivetrain System
- Source :
- Machines; Volume 11; Issue 4; Pages: 486
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2023.
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Abstract
- Due to ever increasing performance requirements, model-based optimization and control strategies are increasingly being adopted by machine builders and automotive companies. However, this demands an increase in modelling effort and a growing knowledge of optimization techniques, as a sufficient level of detail is required in order to evaluate certain performance characteristics. Modelling tools such as MATLAB Simscape have been created to reduce this modelling effort, allowing for greater model complexity and fidelity. Unfortunately, this tool cannot be used with high-performance gradient-based optimization algorithms due to obfuscation of the underlying model equations. In this work, an optimization toolchain is presented that efficiently interfaces with MATLAB Simscape to reduce user effort and the necessary skill and computation time required for the optimization of high-fidelity drivetrain models. The toolchain is illustrated on an industrially relevant conjugate cam-follower system, which is modelled in the Simscape environment and validated with respect to a higher-fidelity modeling technique, namely, the finite element method (FEM).
- Subjects :
- mechanical transmission
MECHANISM
Technology
Control and Optimization
Science & Technology
concurrent design
Mechanical Engineering
optimal control
conjugate cam-follower
high-fidelity model
lumped parameter model
Simscape
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Machines; Volume 11; Issue 4; Pages: 486
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7e2cd553fbd75bfd2a8ac6be5333b630