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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (11): 102-109.doi: 10.3901/JME.2018.11.102

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Interface Parameter Identification of Bolted Connections Based on Gradient Virtual Material

SUN Qingchao1, HUANG Qingtao1, SUN Zhiyong1,2, QI Yanhua1, SUN Wei1   

  1. 1. Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024;
    2. Inovance, Suzhou 215100
  • Received:2017-09-09 Revised:2018-02-18 Online:2018-06-05 Published:2018-06-05

Abstract: Bolt connection is one of the most widely used forms of assembly, and the key of the dynamic analysis of the assembly structure is to characterize the connection parameters of the bolted joint. Because the virtual isotropic material model can't accurately characteristic the problems of asymmetrical surface pressure distribution, this paper put forward the parametric representation model of bolted joint surface, which based on Gradient virtual material. First, according to the characteristics of the pressure distribution of the joint surface and the mapping relationship between the normal and tangential stiffness with the pressure distribution, the change rule model of equivalent virtual material parameters with position coordinates is established. Using different gradient unit, including isoparametric graded finite elements and Gaussian unit which the material of integral point is gradient distribution characterize the junction parameters and the structural static and dynamic analysis method are used to analyze the accuracy of the gradient material unit by comparing the static and dynamic calculation results of different types of units. Furthermore, the parametric identification method of gradient virtual material based on agent model is studied, and the Latin hypercube sampling is used to get sample points, by using the Kriging model fitting connection parameters, using genetic algorithm to optimize the virtual material parameters. Comparing the simulation results of uniform virtual material, anisotropic virtual material, and gradient virtual material with the experimental results, shows that the gradient virtual material model is an effective method to characterize the pressure/stiffness distribution characteristics of bolted joint.

Key words: bolted joint, parameter identification, surrogate models, uneven pressure, virtual graded material

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