Ore conveyor belt rollers operate in harsh environments,making them prone to premature failure.Their service lives are highly dependent on the stress field and bearing misalignment angle,for which limit values are def...Ore conveyor belt rollers operate in harsh environments,making them prone to premature failure.Their service lives are highly dependent on the stress field and bearing misalignment angle,for which limit values are defined in a standard.In this work,an optimization methodology using metamodels based on radial basis functions is implemented to reduce themass of twomodels of rollers.From a structural point of view,one of the rollers ismade completely of metal,while the other also has some components made of polymeric material.The objective of this study is to develop and apply a parametric structural optimization methodology to minimize the mass of the two models of rollers.To represent the mechanical behavior of the rollers,simulations were performed using the finite element method.During the numerical optimization process,the variable parameters were the dimensions of the shaft and external tube.The geometric configuration that corresponded at the same time to the lowest mass and acceptable ranges for the stress and bearingmisalignment angle was determined.With the proposed methodology,a 32.3% reduction in mass was obtained for a metal roller design and an 18.9% reduction for a polymer roller.In both cases,the constraints were not violated.For the all-metal roller,the safety factors for the maximum stress and bearingmisalignment angle were 1.44 and 1.75,respectively,while for the polymer roller the corresponding figures were 1.50 and 2.23.This work describes a low-computational-cost optimization methodology for roller designs that have been little studied in the literature.Furthermore,the methodology could be adapted for use with other types of rollers and rollers made of different materials.展开更多
针对现有波达方向估计(Direction of Arrival, DOA)算法在低信噪比、多信源条件下估计精度不足、效率低等问题,提出了一种基于可分离替代函数算法的矢量水听器阵列多快拍DOA估计方法.首先对空域等角度均匀划分,构造出超完备冗余字典,建...针对现有波达方向估计(Direction of Arrival, DOA)算法在低信噪比、多信源条件下估计精度不足、效率低等问题,提出了一种基于可分离替代函数算法的矢量水听器阵列多快拍DOA估计方法.首先对空域等角度均匀划分,构造出超完备冗余字典,建立信号多快拍数据在空域的稀疏表示模型,然后采用可分离替代函数算法思想解决稀疏重构问题,求解出信号在空域的稀疏系数矩阵,最后将稀疏矩阵中行向量的范数映射到空域网格上,得到DOA估计值.仿真实验表明:该方法在低信噪比、多信源条件下拥有比子空间类算法、贪婪类算法以及现有凸优化类估计算法更高的DOA估计精度和更强的鲁棒性,与同类算法相比执行效率更高.展开更多
基金financed by Vale S.A.Company(www.vale.com)and the Institute of Technology Vale(ITV-www.itv.org)through the Project No.SAP 4600048682.
文摘Ore conveyor belt rollers operate in harsh environments,making them prone to premature failure.Their service lives are highly dependent on the stress field and bearing misalignment angle,for which limit values are defined in a standard.In this work,an optimization methodology using metamodels based on radial basis functions is implemented to reduce themass of twomodels of rollers.From a structural point of view,one of the rollers ismade completely of metal,while the other also has some components made of polymeric material.The objective of this study is to develop and apply a parametric structural optimization methodology to minimize the mass of the two models of rollers.To represent the mechanical behavior of the rollers,simulations were performed using the finite element method.During the numerical optimization process,the variable parameters were the dimensions of the shaft and external tube.The geometric configuration that corresponded at the same time to the lowest mass and acceptable ranges for the stress and bearingmisalignment angle was determined.With the proposed methodology,a 32.3% reduction in mass was obtained for a metal roller design and an 18.9% reduction for a polymer roller.In both cases,the constraints were not violated.For the all-metal roller,the safety factors for the maximum stress and bearingmisalignment angle were 1.44 and 1.75,respectively,while for the polymer roller the corresponding figures were 1.50 and 2.23.This work describes a low-computational-cost optimization methodology for roller designs that have been little studied in the literature.Furthermore,the methodology could be adapted for use with other types of rollers and rollers made of different materials.
文摘针对现有波达方向估计(Direction of Arrival, DOA)算法在低信噪比、多信源条件下估计精度不足、效率低等问题,提出了一种基于可分离替代函数算法的矢量水听器阵列多快拍DOA估计方法.首先对空域等角度均匀划分,构造出超完备冗余字典,建立信号多快拍数据在空域的稀疏表示模型,然后采用可分离替代函数算法思想解决稀疏重构问题,求解出信号在空域的稀疏系数矩阵,最后将稀疏矩阵中行向量的范数映射到空域网格上,得到DOA估计值.仿真实验表明:该方法在低信噪比、多信源条件下拥有比子空间类算法、贪婪类算法以及现有凸优化类估计算法更高的DOA估计精度和更强的鲁棒性,与同类算法相比执行效率更高.
