بهینه سازی توپولوژی یک یاتاقان رانش پله ای – کامسول

In this tutorial model, a step thrust bearing is topology optimized to maximize the bearing capacity. A step thrust bearing consists of a stepped bearing surface on which the end of the shaft rotates. The entire assembly is submerged in a lubricant. The shaft collar is assumed to be spinning without any axial motion in the bearing.

The model shows that initializing the optimization with a nonuniform design, can result in local minima with a specific number of steps.