AUTOMATED MODELING AND SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF LOAD CARRIER BY USING TAGUCHI METHOD

AUTOMATED MODELING AND SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF LOAD CARRIER BY USING TAGUCHI METHOD

Shaik Ashraf1, A. Vinay Kumar2

1 Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & J. B Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moinabad, Hyd.

2 P.G. Scholar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & J. B Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moinabad, Hyd.

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Abstract - The Load Carrier has been designed with the help of automated modelling Software Fusion360, further the component Optimized with the help of Taguchi’s Robust design methodology. To optimize the Load-Carrier design Three parameters Material, Load, Volume and their three levels have been selected in order to reduce the von mises stress for better performance. Based on the requirement three parameters at three different levels L9 standard orthogonal array is selected for the design of experiments. After conducting the experiments, the results shows that load is the main parameter which has influences on von mises stress.

The level of parameter with the lowest stress value 7.262Mpa is the optimal level. The optimized condition for the lowest von-misses stress in the load carrier design obtained as Material (Steel ASTM A36), Load (1000N) and Low volume condition.

Key Words:  Load carrier, Fusion360, Taguchi optimization.