Squeak and rattle prevention by geometric variation management using a two-stage evolutionary optimisation approach
Paper in proceedings, 2020
the dimensional variation in critical interfaces for generating squeak and rattle events can be magnified due to tolerance stackup. One provision to manage the tolerance stack-up in these critical interfaces is to optimise the location of connectors between parts in an assembly. Hence, the focus of this work is to prevent squeak and rattle by introducing a geometric variation management approach to be used in the design phase in the automotive industry. The objective is to identify connection configurations that result in minimum variation and deviation in selected measure points from the critical interfaces for squeak and rattle. In this study, a two-stage evolutionary optimisation scheme, based on the genetic algorithm employing the elitism
pool, is introduced to fine-tune the connectors’ configuration in an assembly. The objective function was defined as the variation and the deviation in the normal direction and the squeak plane. In the first stage, the location of one-dimensional connectors was found by minimising the objective function in the rattle direction. In the second stage, the best combination of some of the connectors from the first stage was found to define planar fasteners to optimise the objective function both in the rattle direction and the squeak plane. It was shown that by using the proposed two-stage optimisation scheme, the variation and deviation results in critical interfaces for squeak and rattle improved compared to the baseline results.
Geometric variation management
Squeak and rattle
Genetic algorithm
Robust design
Tolerance stack-up
Author
Mohsen Bayani
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science
Casper Wickman
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development
Lars Lindkvist
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development
Rikard Söderberg
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
IMECE2020-23552
Portland, ,
Squeak and Rattle Prediction for Robust Product Development
Volvo Cars, 2016-08-01 -- .
Subject Categories
Mechanical Engineering
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Applied Mechanics
Vehicle Engineering
Areas of Advance
Production