Journal
COMPUTERS & MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS
Volume 70, Issue 7, Pages 1481-1500Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2015.04.002
Keywords
Isogeometric analysis; NURBS and T-splines; Parametric design; Rhino and Grasshopper; Visual programming; Graphical generative algorithms
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- ARO [W911NF-14-1-0296]
- National Science Foundation [CNS-1156841]
- US National Science Foundation [DGE-1069283]
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr
- Div Of Information & Intelligent Systems [1156841] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In this paper an interactive parametric design-through-analysis platform is proposed to help design engineers and analysts make more effective use of Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) to improve their product design and performance. We develop several Rhinoceros (Rhino) plug-ins to take input design parameters through a user-friendly interface, generate appropriate surface and/or volumetric models, perform mechanical analysis, and visualize the solution fields, all within the same Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program. As part of this effort we propose and implement graphical generative algorithms for IGA model creation and visualization based on Grasshopper, a visual programming interface to Rhino. The developed platform is demonstrated on two structural mechanics examples an actual wind turbine blade and a model of an integrally bladed rotor (IBR). In the latter example we demonstrate how the Rhino functionality may be utilized to create conforming volumetric models for IGA. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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