Fuzzy model-based design for testing and qualification of additive manufacturing components
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

The uncertainties and variation of additive manufacturing (AM) material properties and their impact on product quality trouble designers. The lack of experience in AM technologies renders the experts' assessment of AM components and the establishment of safety margins difficult. Consequently, unexpected qualification difficulties resulting in expensive and lengthy redesign processes might arise. To reduce the risk of qualification failure, engineers might perform copious time-consuming and expensive specimen testing in early phases, or establish overconservative design margins, overriding the weight reduction benefits of AM technologies. In this article, a model-based design method is proposed for the conceptual design of AM space components with affordable test phases. The method utilizes fuzzy logics to systematically account for experts' assessment of AM properties variation, and to provide an early estimation of a product qualification likelihood related to design parameters of interest, without the need for copious testing. The estimation of qualification likelihood can also point out which are the unique AM material uncertainties that require further specific testing, to enable the design of a product with a better performance and more affordable test phases. The method is demonstrated with the design for AM gridded of ion thrusters for satellite applications.

Fuzzy logics

Additive Manufacturing

qualification

model-based design

Författare

Olivia Borgue

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap

Massimo Panarotto

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Ola Isaksson

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Design Science

20534701 (eISSN)

Vol. 8 e11

Consortum for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)

Europeiska kommissionen (EU) (EC/H2020/730135), 2016-11-01 -- 2020-03-31.

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Rymd- och flygteknik

Övrig annan teknik

DOI

10.1017/dsj.2022.6

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