Automatic shape optimisation of structural parts driven by BGM and RBF mesh morphing

S Porziani, C Groth, W Waldman… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The great flexibility of emerging production processes based on additive manufacturing is
stimulating the development of automatic shape optimisation methods. Complex optimised …

[PDF][PDF] Post-processing of 2D FEM Q1 models for fracture mechanics by radial basis functions and balance equations

A Chiappa, C Groth, C Brutti, P Salvini, ME Biancolini - Int. J. Mech, 2019 - academia.edu
2D finite element (FE) Q1 coarse mesh for fracture mechanics applications is shown. Radial
Basis Functions (RBF) are employed synergically with balance equations to reduce the …

Validation of structural modeling for realistic wing topologies involved in fsi analyses: Ribes test case

ME Biancolini, C Groth, S Porziani… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The procedures that couple finite-element method (FEM) solutions and fluid dynamic solvers
to develop so-called high-fidelity fluid–structure interaction (FSI) numerical methods involve …

High fidelity numerical fracture mechanics assisted by RBF mesh morphing

C Groth, S Porziani, A Chiappa, E Pompa… - Procedia Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study and design of cyclically loaded structures cannot neglect the evaluation of their
fatigue behavior. Today numerical prediction tools allow adopting, in various industrial …

Optimisation of industrial parts by mesh morphing enabled automatic shape sculpting

S Porziani, C Groth, L Mancini, R Cenni, M Cova… - Procedia Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radial basis functions (RBF) mesh morphing is a well established approach to quickly
update an existing finite element analysis (FEA) mesh so that new shapes can be adapted …

Crack propagation analysis of ITER Vacuum Vessel port stub with Radial Basis Functions mesh morphing

E Pompa, G D'Amico, S Porziani, F Giorgetti… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The ITER Vacuum Vessel (VV) is one of the most important components of the
tokamak machine. The severe operating conditions impose a design to withstand strong …

Advancing Structural Optimization of an Electric Motor Rotor through Mesh Morphing Techniques

S Porziani, C Groth, H Zhang… - IOP Conference Series …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The electric motor has been one of the most important inventions of the last two centuries
and has become increasingly important in the last 10 years thanks to its efficiency and its …

Analysis of vortex induced vibration of a thermowell by high fidelity FSI numerical analysis based on RBF structural modes embedding

A Felici, A Martínez-Pascual, C Groth, L Geronzi… - International Conference …, 2021 - Springer
The present paper addresses the numerical fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis of a
thermowell immersed in a water flow. The study was carried out implementing a modal …

CAEUp-Update of CAE models on actual manufactured shapes

S Porziani, F Scarpitta, E Costa, E Ferrante… - Procedia Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Engineering fields with high technological contents involve manufacturing requirements in
which the control of the margins of tolerance, as well as the verification of the manufactured …

Automatic Optimization Method based on mesh morphing surface sculpting driven by Biological Growth Method: an application to the Coiled Spring section shape

S Porziani, F De Crescenzo, E Lombardi… - International Conference …, 2021 - Springer
The increasing importance of optimization in manufacturing processes led to the
improvement of well established optimization techniques and to the development of new …