Optimizing standard tube thickness

Valentin
Valentin New Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello, I'm trying to optimize the mass of a steel tubular frame (PBEAML), I can only optimize the inner and outter radius via discrete design values.

 

I would like to select standard thickness dimensions for each outter radius. ¿How can I do this?

 

Thank you.

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  • Dhanasharee Jadhav_21915
    Dhanasharee Jadhav_21915 New Altair Community Member
    edited September 2020

    Hi,

    you can specify in discrete dvs option as shown in image.

    Regards,

    Dhanasharee Jadhav

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  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2020

    once you have created the discrete dvs, as pointed above, you will go to size desvars panel, and assign your ddval values to it. 

    For each variable that you want discrete values, you will need to assign it like this. (you can use the same, or a different one, depending on your requirements)

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