Generative Design, Characterization, and Testing for Additive Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures

Basmadjian, Alene

Generative Design, Characterization, and Testing for Additive Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures

dc.contributor.advisor	Liu, Yingtao
dc.contributor.author	Basmadjian, Alene
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Ghamarian, Iman
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Siddique, Zahed
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-04T19:08:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-04T19:08:49Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-12
dc.date.manuscript	2023-05
dc.description.abstract	Generative design has developed over the years through various CAD software’s and has changed the industry in new ways. Generative design has opened a new aspect of engineering that can change industries through design created with artificial intelligence technology. Through generative design, various components and characteristics of materials and objects can be reinvented to make them lighter weight and more cost effective within the industry. Within this thesis, the aspects of Fusion 360, a CAD software, has been reviewed and utilized when creating an I beam. The I beam has ran through various simulations to understand the forces and constraints applied on it to see the force the beam will break at. The safety factor allows for the understanding of when the beam will break and how the force can be withstood with a new design. With the known forces, the beam was placed in the generative design component of the software to redesign the beam based on the given information and requirements. The generative design portion of the software and artificial intelligence created a new object via iterations to be evaluated. Through additive manufacturing the beam was printed with PLA and resin materials. This thesis discusses the processes of 3D printing and testing of the I beam and generative designed I beam. Through testing, the analysis of the displacement, mass, and force of the I beams was evaluated with the Fusion 360 results to see if the requirements was met during the redesign.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://shareok.org/handle/11244/337542
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Generative Design	en_US
dc.subject	Computer Aided Design (CAD)	en_US
dc.subject	Additive Manufacturing	en_US
dc.subject	Fusion 360	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Generative Design, Characterization, and Testing for Additive Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures	en_US
ou.group	Gallogly College of Engineering::School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering	en_US