Quantification of the material-related environmental impact of topology-optimized multi-material components

DS 119: Proceedings of the 33rd Symposium Design for X (DFX2022)

Year: 2022
Editor: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold, Sandro Wartzack
Author: Kevin Herrmann, Behrend Bode, Johanna Wurst, Paul Christoph Gembarski, Iryna Mozgova, Roland Lachmayer
Series: DfX
Institution: Institut of Product Development, Leibniz University Hanover
Page(s): 10
DOI number: 10.35199/dfx2022.01

Abstract

When developing products, engineers face challenges in solving technical, economical, but also ecological conflicts of objectives. A common technical conflict is the contradictory behaviour between the stiffness and mass of components. A possibility to resolve this contradiction is offered by multimaterial components, which are made possible by a loadoptimised design. Taking the example of topology-optimised multi-material components, this article shows a method for taking the ecological impact of raw material extraction into account in selecting suitable designs by offsetting a performance index with the results of ecological impact assessment calculations. These results are analysed in order to identify a possible solution according to the technical-ecological conflict of objectives.

Keywords: topology optimization, environmental impact, life cycle assessment, tailored forming, light weight design

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