Optimal Robust Design Optimization with Application to a Piezoelectric Brake

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26th Brake Colloquium and Exhibition
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A robust optimization approach has been applied to the design of a piezoelectric brake. The force generated by the piezoelectric actuator is transmitted to the pad shoe through a lever. The optimal design of the lever is crucial for obtaining the desired performance of the brake. Increasing the stiffness and reducing the mass of the lever is the key problem for such kind of mechatronic brake. A trade off between mass and stiffness of the lever must be obtained. Multi-objective programming (MOP) has been applied in order to achieve the best compromise. In addition to MOP, the optimal robust design method has been applied to perform the optimal design not only by considering the performance of the system (the stiffness and mass of the lever) but also by taking into account the robustness (the sensitivity to the uncertain system parameters).
This approach has allowed the proper design of the mechanism for the piezoelectric brake by taking into account different cross sections and materials.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2554
Pages
9
Citation
Gobbi, M., Guarneri, P., and Mastinu, G., "Optimal Robust Design Optimization with Application to a Piezoelectric Brake," SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst. 1(1):1208-1216, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2554.
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Published
Oct 12, 2008
Product Code
2008-01-2554
Content Type
Journal Article
Language
English