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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 776-783.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.05.018

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Research on Lightweight Conceptual Design Method of Vehicle Rear Subframe

Fangwu Ma1,Zhuojun Wang1,Meng Yang1,Hongyu Liang1,Zhenjiang Wu2,Yongfeng Pu1()   

  1. 1.Jilin University,State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control,Changchun 130022
    2.CATARC (Tianjin) Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. ,Ltd. ,Tianjin 300300
  • Received:2020-08-21 Revised:2020-12-21 Online:2021-05-25 Published:2021-05-18
  • Contact: Yongfeng Pu E-mail:puyongfeng@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In the conceptual design stage of automotive structure, an integrated structure?material?performance optimization is achieved by combining topology optimization technology and parametric modeling with the section shape control method introduced in this paper. Firstly, a comprehensive objective topology optimization is conducted on rear subframe. Secondly, an implicit parametric model of rear subframe is constructed, and by adopting the cross?sectional shape control method, 36 parameters such as part shape, position, thickness and material etc. are selected as design variables, a multi?objective optimization is carried out on the model topologically optimized, with minimizing mass and maximizing the first?order modal frequency as objectives and the hard?points stiffness and the first?three?order modal frequencies as constraints. The results show that on the premise of meeting the performance objective of rear subframe, its mass reduces by 2.41 kg, achieving a lightweighting rate of 14.5%.

Key words: conceptual design, parametric modeling, rear subframe, lightweight design