Parametric design of a complex part in a FEM environment

Abstract

In the recent years, the industry tends to an accelerated evolution in order to maintain the competitiveness on the profile market. As a response to this challenge, engineers and researchers have started to combine multidisciplinary knowledge with solutions provided by programming software so as to obtain immediate and reliable results on each step of a product development. The main advantage is highlighted especially for the optimization phases, when the using of the parametric tools is less time-consuming and the majority of issues of the developed product are solved from the first version of the project. This paper aims to present a case study of a parametric design and meshing in MSC Patran environment, using a programming solution in Visual Basic, of a part with a complex geometry from aerospaceindustry and also to accentuate the minimized risks from the design phase to manufacturing, with a review of the advantages and disadvantages.