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Optimizing the Design of a Fuel Pod with NX and Maple

Introduction

A manufacturer has designed a fuel pod in NX.  The fuel pod has hemispherical and conical caps, and a cylindrical midsection.

 

To minimize material costs, the manufacturer wants to minimize the surface area of the fuel pod while maintaining the existing volume

 

 

This application

 

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pulls the current dimensions of the fuel pod (radius of the hemispherical end, length of the cylindrical midsection, and height of the conical end) from the NX CAD model

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calculates the current volume of the fuel pod

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optimizes the dimensions to minimize the surface area while maintaining the existing volume

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and pushes the optimized dimensions back into the NX CAD model

 

To use this application, you must

 

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have a supported version of NX installed,

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ensure the NX-Maple link is working correctly (see NX for details).

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load canisterOptimization.prt in NX (this is the CAD model of the fuel pod),

 

Read Existing Design Parameters in Maple

(2.1)

(2.2)

(2.3)

Define Expressions to Calculate the Volume and Surface Area of the Canister

(3.1)

(3.2)

Design Optimization

Minimize the surface area while maintaining the volume

(4.1)

Export New Design Parameters into NX

 


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