Case Study of an Aerosol Explosion and a Method to Determine Explosion Temperatures

A failure analysis case study is presented for a two-piece aerosol containing tetrafluoroethane, commonly referred to as Refrigerant 134a. A gentleman was preparing to recharge the air conditioning system of an automobile when the bottom exploded off the aerosol container, propelling the body of the aerosol container like a rocket, which hit the man in the eye and blinded him in that eye. The aerosol was never connected to the air conditioner, therefore backpressure from the air conditioner (AC) compressor was ruled out as a cause for the explosion. The objective of the study was to determine why the aerosol exploded. Several recently developed test methods were used, including two types of heat-to-burst tests and a puncture chamber to measure the pressure-versus-temperature behavior of aerosols. More common test methods were also used, such as water bath pressure tests, hydro pressure burst tests, pneumatic pressure burst tests, hardness measurements, weight measurements, metallography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and an accident scenario recreation. A semi-empirical correlation between the hardness and weights of the container bottoms was used to determine the explosion temperature and/or pressure. This semi-empirical correlation agrees in principle with an analysis of the explosion pressures using finite-element analysis (FEA). The root cause for the explosion was determined to be a lack of strength of the bottom of the two-piece aerosol coupled with heating the aerosol to temperatures significantly above room temperature.     

BKX-Ⅰ型并联机床的谐响应分析

应用有限元分析软件(ANSYS),对BKXⅠ型并联机床进行谐响应分析,分别得到了机床各节点沿机床的虚拟轴X、Y和Z向的位移谐响应曲线。在此基础上,还分析了该机床的谐响应规律,并明确了谐响应的特点,为改善此类机床的动态特性提供了一定的参考依据。     

有限元仿真分析中的结构周期差异探讨

针对有限元仿真分析中结构自振周期减小的问题，讨论了几种主要的影响因素，并借用商品化设计软件TBSA，ETABS 和有限元分析软件ANSYS，通过对一个简单结构的多次计算，比较了这些因素的影响大小。     

弹性变形对仿人机器人步态规划的影响分析

仿人机器人行走步态研究的理论、方法及建模均未考虑系统各部件弹性变形的影响，导致行走实验结果与理论步态规划存在较大的差异，制约了步行质量的提高和连续快速稳定步行的实现。本文运用ANSYS有限元软件，针对清华大学研制的THBIP—Ⅰ型仿人机器人样机，建立精确的有限元模型，进行步行运动弹性变形及其对步态规划影响的有限元仿真分析，在此基础上提出了对步态规划进行局部修正完善的方法，步行实验证明该有限元模型及仿真分析结果是有效的。     

MEMS气体流量传感器的简易流量测试装置

为了完成所研制的MEMS气体流量传感器样品的流量测试与标定,设计制作了一种由标准流量发生器和传感器信号读出与数据采集电路组成的简易流量测试装置。标准流量发生器由注射器和可更换的砝码组成,利用不同的砝码配重,在注射器出气口产生合适的恒定气体流速。通过理论分析和Ansys有限元数值仿真,验证了简易标准流量发生器的可行性。传感器信号读出与数据采集电路基于内建多路A/D转换器的单片机实现,具有传感器加热电阻器的恒温控制、流量信号的数字检测和显示的功能。采用该简易流量测试装置对自行研制的MEMS气体流量传感器进行了流量测试与标定,获得了待测器件的标定参数、传感器流量测量的绝对误差和相对误差。     

数控机床电主轴单元热-结构特性动态分析

分析了高速电主轴单元热变形机理与散热机制,对主轴单元热态特性要求进行了描述,利用AN-SYS对高速电主轴进行了热-结构耦合分析。通过改变电主轴有限元模型中的边界条件,对不同转速、润滑方式、冷却结构设计、内装式电机选择条件下电主轴热-结构特性进行了对比分析。根据分析结果,提出了改善电主轴热态特性的措施,为电主轴冷却结构设计提供了参考。     

A study of 3D cover glass design that improves handheld device drop reliability

Cover glass in commercial handheld devices is now evolving from flat (2D) to curved (3D) shapes. For example, some commercial devices have utilized sled‐shape cover glass, 1 which partially covers long edges of the device. According to the patents published by key handheld manufacturers, 2 , 3 we can expect more variety of 3D shaped cover glass for handheld devices in the market. In this study, we have focused on the reliability of 3D cover glass when it is dropped to a rigid surface. The key parameters under study are the corner/edge bend radius and angle of the cover glass, which determines the 3D shape of the cover glass. To achieve this goal, we developed a finite element model to simulate the drop 4 - 13 of a handheld device with 3D‐shaped glass. The model uses explicit algorithm to simulate the high speed impact on the device during the drop test. The glass performance was evaluated based on contact force between the glass and the ground and maximum principal stress in the glass. We showed that to avoid severe damage because of first impact between the glass and the ground, the bend angle of 3D glass has to be in the range between 0 and 45°. For drop angles of 45° and higher, with the proposed glass bend angle, the impact can be taken over by the edge of the back cover of the device. In addition, we showed that optimum glass bend radius is in the range of 3.8 mm and larger. This is required to reduce stress in glass because of impact. The approach and conclusions from the current study can serve as a general guideline to improve the 3D cover glass reliability of a handheld device.     

光电转台轻量化几何形状优化研究

对光电转台进行轻量化,首先需要进行几何形状进行优化.筋板如何布置才能使转台的动态刚度达到最优,在设计中一直是一个难点.基于此,通过对转台的连接部件、止推轴承及径向轴承进行有效简化,建立起了光电转台的动力学模型,结合模型.对转台内部的筋板布置形式进行了详尽的研究比较.研究结果表明,要想获得满意的动态刚度,单纯地增加筋板数量并不能达到要求,而应该根据其具体的振动情况来选择合理的筋板布置形式,并且在平行于振型方向的筋板上,开孔时的动刚度效果相对地比未开孔时的动刚度效果要好.     

Integration of topology and shape optimization for design of structural components

This paper presents an integrated approach that supports the topology optimization and CAD-based shape optimization. The main contribution of the paper is using the geometric reconstruction technique that is mathematically sound and error bounded for creating solid models of the topologically optimized structures with smooth geometric boundary. This geometric reconstruction method extends the integration to 3-D applications. In addition, commercial Computer-Aided Design (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), optimization, and application software tools are incorporated to support the integrated optimization process. The integration is carried out by first converting the geometry of the topologically optimized structure into smooth and parametric B-spline curves and surfaces. The B-spline curves and surfaces are then imported into a parametric CAD environment to build solid models of the structure. The control point movements of the B-spline curves or surfaces are defined as design variables for shape optimization, in which CAD-based design velocity field computations, design sensitivity analysis (DSA), and nonlinear programming are performed. Both 2-D plane stress and 3-D solid examples are presented to demonstrate the proposed approach. Received January 27, 2000 Communicated by J. Sobieski     

永磁副励磁机电磁场有限元分析应用

永磁副励磁机是三机无刷励磁汽轮发电机机组的重要组成部分,它承担着给交流无刷励磁机提供励磁电流的任务,因此,它的运行可靠性对整个汽轮发电机组安全运行起着不可或缺的作用．而永磁副励磁机以往设计采用的是电路和磁路相结合的方法,计算精度较差,设计参数与实际产品输出参数差别很大．阐述了我公司运用电磁场有限元分析及场路结合的方法,设计一台永磁副励磁机的过程．