面向增材制造的拓扑优化技术发展现状与未来

增材制造技术通过材料逐层打印制备结构,为复杂构件制造提供了新的成形方式。拓扑优化因不依赖于初始构型的选择,可设计出传统理念难以获得的创新构型,已成为航空航天和高端装备领域高性能、轻量化结构设计的重要手段。拓扑优化与增材制造有机融合,充分发挥各自优势和潜力,在现代制造业中展现出广阔应用前景。回顾了近年来关于增材制造与拓扑优化技术融合研究的主要内容和应用成果,包括以材料结构一体化为核心的多尺度/多层级结构优化设计、以设计制造一体化为核心的考虑增材制造工艺约束的优化方法等。同时,也分析了未来研究工作中存在的问题与挑战,如点阵结构性能表征及其尺度关联效应、增材制造材料成形各向异性、功能梯度材料与结构、增材制造材料与结构疲劳特性等对设计方法和成形工艺带来的挑战,为未来相关研究工作和航空航天应用提供参考。     

A review of topology optimization for additive manufacturing: Status and challenges

Topology optimization was developed as an advanced structural design methodology to generate innovative lightweight and high-performance configurations that are difficult to obtain with conventional ideas. Additive manufacturing is an advanced manufacturing technique building as-designed structures via layer-by-layer joining material, providing an alternative pattern for complex components. The integration of topology optimization and additive manufacturing can make the most of their advantages and potentials, and has wide application prospects in modern manufacturing. This article reviews the main content and applications of the research on the integration of topology optimization and additive manufacturing in recent years, including multi-scale or hierarchical structural optimization design and topology optimization considering additive manufacturing constraints. Meanwhile, some challenges of structural design approaches for additive manufacturing are discussed, such as the performance characterization and scale effects of additively manufactured lattice structures, the anisotropy and fatigue performance of additively manufactured material, and additively manufactured functionally graded material issues, etc. It is shown that in the research of topology optimization for additive manufacturing, the integration of material, structure, process and performance is important to pursue high-performance, multi-functional and lightweight production. This article provides a reference for further related research and aerospace applications.     

面向增材制造的飞行器结构优化设计关键问题

围绕飞行器复杂结构整体构型研制的高性能、轻量化苛刻需求,着重介绍了面向增材制造的结构优化设计面临的系列关键问题以及相关研究成果。分别从面向增材制造的结构多承载环节整体优化建模与性能分析、整体结构多学科性能与功能综合设计方法、跨尺度结构-微结构性能表征与尺度效应的影响机理,以及增材制造工艺对整体结构件性能的影响机理和制造工艺约束4个方面,阐述如何从结构力学与工艺力学角度科学实现最优性能设计与先进增材制造技术的完美匹配与融合。     

Layout design of thin-walled structures with lattices and stiffeners using multi-material topology optimization

In this paper, the thin-walled structures with lattices and stiffeners manufactured by additive manufacturing are investigated. A design method based on the multi-material topology optimization is proposed for the simultaneous layout optimization of the lattices and stiffeners in thin-walled structures. First, the representative lattice units of the selected lattices are equivalent to the virtual homogeneous materials whose effective elastic matrixes are achieved by the energy-based homogenization method. Meanwhile, the stiffeners are modelled using the solid material. Subsequently, the multi-material topology optimization formulation is established for both the virtual homogeneous materials and solid material to minimize the structural compliance under mass constraint. Thus, the optimal layout of both the lattices and stiffeners could be simultaneously attained by the optimization procedure. Two applications, the aircraft panel structure and the equipment mounting plate, are dealt with to demonstrate the detailed design procedure and reveal the effect of the proposed method. According to numerical comparisons and experimental results, the thin-walled structures with lattices and stiffeners have significant advantages over the traditional stiffened thin-walled structures and lattice sandwich structures in terms of static, dynamic and anti-instability performance.     

微小型航空燃气轮机离心叶轮拓扑优化设计

离心叶轮是微小型航空燃气轮机中的关键部件,要求其在满足气动性能的前提下,尽量减轻结构重量,传统设计制造技术已基本发挥到极致,但增材制造技术及拓扑优化设计方法的发展为其进一步优化设计拓展了新的空间。针对某型航空微型燃气轮机离心叶轮减重设计问题,依托增材制造和拓扑优化设计技术,在现有设计的基础上,首先对离心叶轮进行静强度分...     

增材制造阵风锁支座的装机应用研究

根据3D 打印技术的装机推进要求，在完成材料及工艺的验证后，即开始进行试片级增材制造材料许用值试验以及增材制造零件级试验。增材制造的零件由于其工艺特点，通常X-Y 方向与Z 方向力学性能有差异，与传统金属零件设计时各向同性的特点有差异，因此有必要在接近真实飞行状态下测试其力学性能。以增材制造阵风锁支座为例，计算飞机运营过程中最大载荷状态，选取最典型的载荷方向进行工装试验方案设计；在试验开始前，进行工程计算和软件仿真，预测失效模式和失效载荷。结果表明：软件仿真和工程计算的结果准确有效，增材制造钛合金阵风锁支座的力学性能稳定，能够承受极端工况的考验，满足装机要求。     

Multi-scale design and optimization for solid-lattice hybrid structures and their application to aerospace vehicle components

By integrating topology optimization and lattice-based optimization, a novel multi-scale design method is proposed to create solid-lattice hybrid structures and thus to improve the mechanical performance as well as reduce the structural weight. To achieve this purpose, a two-step procedure is developed to design and optimize the innovative structures. Initially, the classical topology optimization is utilized to find the optimal material layout and primary load carrying paths. Afterwards, the solid-lattice hybrid structures are reconstructed using the finite element mesh based modeling method. And lattice-based optimization is performed to obtain the optimal cross-section area of the lattice structures. Finally, two typical aerospace structures are optimized to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed optimization framework. The numerical results are quite encouraging since the solid-lattice hybrid structures obtained by the presented approach show remarkably improved performance when compared with traditional designs.     

部件级多组件结构系统的整体式拓扑布局优化

基于多组件结构系统整体式拓扑布局优化设计方法,研究了同时含有部件布局、组件布局、主结构框架构型和部件结构构型4类设计变量的复杂系统协同优化设计问题,是整体式拓扑布局优化设计面向复杂飞行器结构系统设计的拓展。采用多点约束(MPC)模拟组件、部件及支撑结构之间的刚性连接,采用有限包络圆方法(FCM)解决组件之间、组件与设计域边界之间的几何干涉问题。通过整体式拓扑布局的刚度优化设计,部件和组件均可以获得优化的布局位置,同时主结构框架构型和部件结构构型获得优化的结构样式,充分体现了整体式拓扑布局优化设计方法应用于复杂结构系统设计的能力。     

Stiffeners layout design of thin-walled structures with constraints on multi-fastener joint loads

The purpose of this paper is to present an extended topology optimization method for the stiffeners layout design of aircraft assembled structures.Multi-fastener joint loads and manufacturing constraints are considered simultaneously.On one hand,the joint loads are calculated and constrained within a limited value to avoid the failure of fasteners.On the other hand,the manufacturing constraints of the material distribution in the machining directions of stiffeners are implemented by an improved piecewise interpolation based on a beveled cut-surface.It is proven that the objective function is strictly continuous and differentiable with respect to the piecewise interpolation.The effects of the extended method with two different constraints are highlighted by typical numerical examples.Compared with the standard topology optimization,the final designs have clearly shown the layout of stiffeners and the joint loads have been perfectly constrained to a satisfying level.     

Collaborative optimization design of process parameter and structural topology for laser additive manufacturing

High-resolution laser additive manufacturing (LAM) significantly releases design freedom, promoting the development of topology optimization (TO) and advancing structural design methods. In order to fully take advantage of voxelated forming methods and establish the quantitative relationship between the mechanical properties of printing components and multiple process factors (laser- and process- parameters), the concurrent optimization design method based on LAM should cover the process-performance relationship. This study proposes a novel artificial intelligence-facilitated TO method for LAM to concurrently design microscale material property and macroscale structural topology of 3D components by adopting heuristic and gradient-based algorithms. The process–structure–property relationship of selective laser sintering is established by the back propagation neural network, and it is integrated into the TO algorithm for providing a systematic design scheme of structural topology and process parameter. Compared with the classical optimization method, numerical examples show that this method is able to improve the mechanical performance of the macrostructure significantly. In addition, the collaborative design method is able to be widely applied for complex functional part design and optimization, as well as case studies on artificial intelligence-facilitated product evaluation.     

金属增材制造数据处理与工艺规划研究综述

金属增材制造数据处理与工艺规划是金属增材制造软件系统的核心,涵盖了金属支撑结构设计、模型切片以及路径规划等内容,决定着最终金属零部件的产品性能.从金属增材制造模型前处理出发,较为全面地概述了与之相关的多类型支撑设计和新型支撑优化等数据处理内容,针对金属增材制造数据处理中模型切片这一关键环节,分别从平面切片、自适应切片和...     

锥形件结构的半自动化电磁铆接托架

分析了航天锥形件结构普通铆接方法存在的问题,提出采用电磁铆接技术具有一定的优势。针对手工电磁铆接和自动化电磁铆接的不足,提出了电磁铆接技术在航天锥形件结构装配应用中的工艺方法,设计了半自动化电磁铆接系统托架的结构和工作流程。该系统关键技术包括铆枪和顶铁自动对中、工件精确角度自动调整及铆枪减振系统设计。最后,对半自动化电磁铆接托架可以解决手工铆接出现的问题进行了总结。     

拓扑优化与增材制造结合:一种设计与制造一体化方法

被誉为"第三次工业革命"的增材制造技术通过材料层层累加的方式实现结构的制备,这种独特的制造方式实现了高度复杂结构的自由"生长"成形,极大地拓宽了设计"空间",为新型结构及材料的制备提供了强大的工具。制造工艺的飞速发展往往需要设计技术的快速跟进,拓扑优化方法因其不依赖初始构型及工程师经验,可获得完全意想不到的创新构型,已成为结构创新设计的重要工具。因此,将拓扑优化(先进设计技术)与增材制造(先进制造技术)融合,发展面向增材制造的创新设计技术具有广阔的前景。从面向增材制造的优质结构构型设计以及考虑增材制造工艺约束的拓扑优化设计方法两个方面,介绍了现阶段基于拓扑优化方法所建立的结构创新设计理论,并指出未来研究的趋势。     

增材制造钛铝合金研究进展

钛铝合金具有轻质、高强、耐高温等优异特性,在航空领域,特别是在航空发动机涡轮叶片上具有重要应用价值。然而,钛铝合金的室温脆性大、热变形能力低,使得采用传统的锻造、精密铸造、粉末冶金等技术均难以制造具有复杂形状,特别是具有内部空腔结构的钛铝合金叶片,限制了其性能的进一步提升。增材制造技术能够突破形状的制约,有望发展成为制造钛铝合金复杂结构零部件的新技术。目前,应用于钛铝合金的增材制造技术主要有电子束选区熔化、选区激光熔化和激光金属沉积。本文调研了增材制造钛铝合金领域2010~2020年的文献,对上述3类增材制造技术的原理和特性、所使用合金粉末的特性、打印构件的相组成、组织形貌和热处理工艺、宏观和微观力学性能及其在航空领域的应用等研究进行了对比分析和评述,并对增材制造钛铝合金发展中所存在的问题及下一步研发重点进行了总结和探讨。     

激光选区熔化增材制造缺陷智能监测与过程控制综述

激光选区熔化（SLM）技术被认为是最有应用前景的增材制造技术之一,已应用于航空航天、医疗器械等领域。然而,如何确保构件质量的可靠性和制造的可重复性是SLM面临的最大挑战,已被认为是限制SLM及其他金属增材制造技术发展和工业应用的最大壁垒。其中,主要原因是SLM过程中会产生难以控制的缺陷。因此,对SLM进行过程监测和实时反馈控制是解决这一挑战的重要研究方向,也已成为学术界和工业界的研究热点之一。通过对近十年该领域的文献调研,综述了金属激光增材制造中常见的冶金缺陷及其产生机理,对金属增材制造过程产生的信号及其监测手段,如声信号、光信号及热信号等进行了详细描述;总结了信号数据的处理方法,包括传统的统计处理方法和新兴的基于机器学习的智能监测方法;随后,综述了金属增材制造过程的质量控制方法,包括非闭环控制和闭环控制,并对全文进行了总结,展望了未来SLM智能监测和控制领域值得深入的研究方向。     

面向集中力扩散的回转曲面加筋拓扑优化方法

为了提高航天器回转曲面加筋型连接结构的集中力扩散效率,需要开展回转曲面加筋集中力扩散结构设计。传统放射肋设计方法普遍依赖设计经验、难以满足集中力高效扩散需求。因此,提出一种面向集中力扩散的回转曲面加筋拓扑优化方法。第1步,建立了一种基于各向异性过滤技术的集中力扩散拓扑优化方法,保证拓扑优化结果满足回转曲面加筋制造工艺要求;第2步,提出了一种基于网格变形技术的拓扑优化结果智能重构方法,可高效准确地对回转曲面加筋拓扑优化结果进行模型自动重构。基于所提出方法,以卫星平台对接环这种典型的回转曲面加筋壳为对象开展算例研究,并将优化结果与传统放射肋设计结果进行对比。结果表明,所提出的优化方法可得到加筋构型清晰、满足回转曲面加筋制造工艺要求的优化结果,且具有集中力扩散效率高、网格质量依赖性低、拓扑特征重构高效等优点。     

面向控制的高超声速飞行器总体优化设计方法

从前期高超声速飞行器基础理论以及关键技术的研究到现今的飞行试验可以看出,高超声速飞行器在总体设计阶段过晚考虑飞行器动力学特性和控制性能会给后期控制系统设计带来极大的困难。在对两类高超声速飞行器试飞与控制相关问题分析的基础上,提出了面向控制的高超声速飞行器总体优化设计方法,给出了面向控制的总体优化设计研究方法、思路和模块框架。     

Experimental study of effect of post processing on fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth performance of selective laser melting Ti-6Al-4V

For Ti-6Al-4V, a titanium alloy increasingly used in aerospace structure, selective laser melting (SLM) is an attractive additive manufacturing technology, which is attributed to its complex construction capability with high accuracy and good surface quality. In order to obtain qualified mechanical properties, SLM parameters and post processing should be tailored for diverse service conditions. Fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior are critical characteristics for damage tolerance evaluation of such metallic structures, and they are affected by post processing technologies significantly. The objective of this study is to obtain the fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth behavior of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by SLM, and to evaluate the influence of post-SLM thermomechanical treatment and surface machining. Fracture toughness and FCG tests were performed for SLM Ti-6Al-4V in three types of post processing status: as-built, heat treated and hot isostatically pressed (HIPed), respectively. Specimens with as-built and machined surface were tested. The microstructure and fractography were analyzed as well in order to investigate the relevance among manufacture process, microstructure and mechanical properties. The results demonstrate that as-built SLM Ti-6Al-4V presents poor ductility and FCG behavior due to martensitic microstructure and residual stresses. Both heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing improve the plane-stress fracture toughness and FCG performance considerably, while surface machining shows slight effect.     

增材制造技术在航空航天金属构件领域的发展及应用

受传统制造工艺的限制,航空航天产品一直存在生产周期长、制造成本高、减重困难等问题,迫切需要开发出航空航天产品高效快速研制方法。与传统制造工艺相比,增材制造技术以其完全不同的制造理念迅速成为制造技术领域的新方向。阐述了金属增材制造(激光/电子束/电弧)技术种类、优势、深入研究和成果应用。     

Review on residual stress and its effects on manufacturing of aluminium alloy structural panels with typical multi-processes

In the aerospace industry, integrated aluminium alloy plates and stiffened panels with high accuracy and performance attract significant interest. To manufacture these panels as integrity with high accuracy, multiple processes need to be utilised, such as machining, welding and forming. During the whole manufacturing chain, residual stresses can be generated and redistributed in the components among different processes. The residual stress would significantly affect the shapes and properties of the final products. Currently, these great effects are not well considered in the design and manufacturing processes. This paper aims to draw a general understanding of the residual stress generated in the pre-manufacturing processes and its effects on subsequent manufacturing processes. The mechanisms and distributions of residual stresses generated in typical pre-manufacturing processes of structural panels, including machining, welding and additive manufacturing (AM), are firstly summarised. The detailed effects of generated residual stresses on distortion and application properties in subsequent manufacturing processes are then concluded. In addition, current methods developed for the investigation of residual stress effect in multi-processes manufacturing are critically reviewed, including experimental, analytical, finite element (FE) and machine learning methods. Furthermore, the future development trend of methods for residual stress consideration and control in the design of manufacturing processes is summarised, providing comprehensive guidance to achieve the high accurate manufacturing of aluminium alloy structural components.