College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Engineering
Department - Author 3
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 4
College of Engineering
Department - Author 4
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 4
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Date
6-2020
Primary Advisor
Peter Schuster, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department
Additional Advisors
Xuan Wang, College of Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
This document outlines the critical design details and timeline for the Design for Additive Manufacturing Senior Project sponsored by Solar Turbines, Inc. The scope of this project encompasses the redesign of two of Solar Turbine’s cast parts for metal additive manufacturing in order to minimize lead time, cost, and weight. With the overall objective of performing in-depth analysis exploring affordability & feasibility, this redesign process will aid Solar Turbines in expanding their knowledge of Design for Additive Manufacturing principles and enable them to further incorporate the use of additive manufacturing into their production processes. The first part that the team redesigned is a bracket arm, which the team optimized for weight and manufacturability. The team improved the bracket both by completely removing portions of excess mass and by incorporating internal lattice structures into the part. After completing the bracket part redesign, the team further developed their AM design process through working on the second part—a thin-walled splash plate located in the combustion chamber which the team is using to study deflection in AM. The splash plate is currently in the critical design stage and ready for testing and validation. The team has run computer simulations modeling the part deflection and has successfully printed two copies of the part for quantitative comparison with the simulation. This document will provide further details as to the team’s research, design concepts, and conclusions from both the bracket and splash plate redesigns.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/mesp/551
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Heat Transfer, Combustion Commons, Other Materials Science and Engineering Commons, Other Mechanical Engineering Commons