A pump housing is the structural casing enclosing a pump’s internal components, subject to internal pressure and mounting loads. Traditional designs may include extra material to support stiffness, durability, and manufacturability, increasing mass and material costs. Ansys, part of Synopsys, demonstrates a topology optimization workflow in Discovery software, considering the volute, preserved interfaces, structural steel, pressure loads, and support locations.
The process explores stiffness and frequency objectives alongside manufacturing constraints. The optimized geometry is converted into CAD and validated under the same pressure loads and support conditions used during optimization, checking stress, deformation, and stiffness against the original design. Overall, the workflow aims to explore structurally efficient, manufacturable pump housing designs.
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