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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 170-178.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.01.018

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Research on Fast Prediction Method of Stress Field of Automotive Parts Based on Graph Network

Ze Gao1,Zunkang Chu1,Jiasheng Shi2,Fu Lin2,Weixiong Rao2,Haiyan Yu1()   

  1. 1.School of Automotive Studies,Tongji University,Shanghai 201804
    2.School of Software,Tongji University,Shanghai 201804
  • Received:2023-06-02 Revised:2023-06-28 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-01-23
  • Contact: Haiyan Yu E-mail:yuhaiyan@tongji.edu.cn

Abstract:

Finite Element Analysis (FEA), as an important Computer-aided Engineering (CAE) technology, plays a significant role in the area of automotive part development. However, it costs too much time when solving complicated problems, which affects the development cycle. In this paper, a neural network method is proposed, in which sample data is provided by finite element simulation and the mapping relationship between finite element input and output is established by graph network technology. The graph network method is used to predict the stress field of the seat frame assembly. The prediction method simulates the connection relationship between nodes in the finite element model using graph nodes and graph edges, which can effectively express the topological relationship between elements in the finite element model. The prediction results are compared with the results of the finite element simulation. The results show that the method can precisely predict the maximum stress and its corresponding location of the seat frame assembly, with strong predictive capabilities for stress distribution consistency. Additionally, the model has a significant computational advantage, with a calculation speed three orders of magnitude faster than that of the corresponding finite element solver.

Key words: finite element analysis, deep learning, graph network, automotive seat