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Introduction

Literature Review
Problem Statement Objectives Research Methodology

In today,s Manufacturing environment the optimal use of resources is a major concern i.e. the utilization of full potential of available resources is

indispensible , so as to survive in competitive markets.

Industrial Engineers in today, s environment require means to develop the existing products quickly and efficiently. The Concept of Product Development is not new for an Industrial Engineer .It is the step by step

process of improvement in the product design and process. The

conventional approaches of product development are often very much time consuming e.g normal factorial approach becomes unfeasible or sometimes impractical when no. of variables increases.

 Optimization is a process of minimizing or maximizing some objective function within constraints. Design optimization is a process of finding most appropriate design within available resources. Taguchi method developed by Genichi Taguchi is a broad spectrum statistical technique of quality improvement by making products and their designs more robust. Taguchi says that Taguchi orthogonal array may be replaced with normal factorial approach to reduce optimization time & effort and cost. Taguchi orthogonal array considerably reduce the no of experiments, due to which it may used as mean of rapid product development. Ansys is a simulation package widely used in many research activities as it enable the researchers and organizations to predict how the product will be behave in the real world

The Ansys has gained popularity among researchers as it eliminates the need of development of prototypes and experimental setups for analysis Ansys has the ability to quickly develop more optimized design

To reduce the overall mass of pressure vessel (keeping the same service conditions) by optimizing the existing design. The vessel under consideration has a mass of almost 5500 lbs On the basis of literature reviewed overall mass may be reduced by defining levels of design variables and finding new design alternative. Length of Cylidrical portion (L) , Outer Diameter (D) and thickness of material (t) are selected as design variables.

1. To Minimize the total mass of

the Vessel by finding new optimized design alternative.

2. The other associated benefits

are reduced material cost , ease of handling and transportation etc. 3. To develop a methodology of rapid product development by using Taguchi technique and Ansys.

Start Defining objective function and Design Constraints Establishment of Taguchi Array Fatigue Analysis of design alternatives by Ansys Selection of most appropriate design alternative Comparison of new design with existing design Development of Mathematical Model to validate the results End

Service ----- Dry Gas Non Corrosive Length of Cylindrical Portion of Vessel=239 in Outer Diameter of Vessel =20 in Inner Diameter of Vessel =17.841 in Thickness of material = 1.093 in Material's SAE Grade = SAE/A-372 Type 4 (Grade D) Tensile Strength = 105000 Psi Min Yield Strength = 65000 Psi Min Factor of Safety = 4 for 3000 Psi Design Temperature = MINUS 20 F to 200 F Modulus of Elasticity = 7 x 10^5 Psi Poisson's Ratio = 0.3 Density = 0.285 lb/in^3 Applied Pressure = 3626 Psi Total Mass = 4826 lbs Seam less with swaged ends ASME Certified Magnetic Particle inspection

 Objective Function f(x) =Minimse Total Mass Subject to 18 in OD 20 in 230 in L 239 in 25 mm t 28 mm

S r #

Length of Cylindrical Portion (in)

Outer Dia (in)

Thickness
(mm)

L/D ratio

1 2 3

236 233 230

19.5 19.25 19

27 26 25

12.1 12.1 12.1

The no. of variables =3 Level of variables =3

 To investigate the behavior of vessel under pressure of 3500 psi Fatigue Analysis of different design configurations developed by taguchi orthogonal array will be performed by simulation package Ansys. Ansys has a capibility of generating load analysis results of different design alternatives.

 Selection of most appropriate design configuration after the analyzing all options Selected design configuration should have less mass as compared to existing mass . Moreover , the selected design should have higher value of FOS as compared to remaining design configurations.

 After Selection of optimized design the comparison of new design and existing design will be made , so as to

 In order to validate the results obtained ,a mathematical model defining objective function with all limits and constraints will be established . The comparison of results obtained by Ansys and solution of mathematical equations developed will validate the results