Polaris 借助 SolidThinking Inspire 和 OptiStruct 显着减轻了雪地摩托车结构的重量
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- 汽车
- 设备与机械
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- 产品研发
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- 时间敏感网络
关于客户
北极星 (Polaris) 总部位于明尼苏达州罗索，是著名的雪地摩托车制造商。该公司的雪地车底盘结构小组从事设计和测试，为三个不同的平台团队提供满足每组要求的底盘解决方案。基于计算机的设计和有限元 (FE) 分析是 Polaris 雪地摩托车开发过程中不可或缺的一部分，工程师致力于创建在不牺牲性能的情况下减轻重量的最佳结构。该团队负责优化雪地摩托设计，并一直在寻求解决方案，以减少完成新雪地摩托结构设计优化所需的时间和精力。
挑战
Polaris 是一家著名的雪地摩托制造商，面临着减少迭代同时优化雪地摩托结构设计的挑战。雪地车底盘结构小组负责设计和测试，为三个不同的平台团队提供满足每组要求的底盘解决方案。该团队在开发过程中严重依赖计算机设计和有限元 (FE) 分析。然而，现有工具的效率不足以满足其优化目标。该团队需要一种解决方案，不仅能帮助他们在不影响性能的情况下实现减重目标，还能减少完成新型雪地摩托车结构设计优化所需的时间和精力。
解决方案
该解决方案采用将solidThinking Inspire 与OptiStruct 耦合的形式。 Snow Group 高级工程师 Rick Kerner 在一篇在线文章中发现了 Altair 的 3D 概念设计工具 SolidThinking Inspire。该工具允许工程师在设计过程的最早阶段生成和探索结构有效的概念。 Kerner 使用solidThinking Inspire 进行负载路径构思，创建“非晶态设计空间”，应用适当的负载情况，并允许该工具生成适合底盘要求的设计。然后，他将 Inspire 的设计生成功能与 Altair 的 OptiStruct 优化工具相结合，使用 OptiStruct 对以前的底盘进行拓扑分析，看看该工具是否可以针对焊接管子组件的重量和强度提出更有效的解决方案和括号。工程师还使用 Inspire 和 OptiStruct 来评估在组件结构中用铝替代钢的减重潜力。
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