Projecte matriculat
Títol: Sustainability-Driven Structural Optimization of a CubeSat Reaction-Wheel Mounting Bracket via SolidWorks API Automation
Director/a: PARK, HYUK
Departament: FIS
Títol: Sustainability-Driven Structural Optimization of a CubeSat Reaction-Wheel Mounting Bracket via SolidWorks API Automation
Data inici oferta: 14-09-2026 Data finalització oferta: 14-04-2027
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| Lloc de realització: EETAC | |
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| CubeSat, Reaching Wheel, Solidworks | |
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| Objectives
General objective. To develop and validate an automated, multi-objective optimization pipeline that yields a structurally qualified, mass and carbon-optimized bracket for mounting a reaction wheel to the internal rail structure of a 3U CubeSat. Specific objectives: ' To automate parametric geometry generation of the bracket (rib layout, thickness, hole pattern) through the SolidWorks API. ' To automate structural verification of each candidate, stress, deflection and natural frequency, against NASA's General Environmental Verification Standard (GEVS) through the SolidWorks Simulation API. ' To integrate an embodied-carbon assessment of each candidate, over a fixed shortlist of qualified metallic alloys, using the Climatiq API. ' To implement an outer optimization loop coupling geometry, structural margins and carbon footprint, yielding a Pareto optimal set of bracket designs. Synopsis This project proposes an automated pipeline for the multi-objective structural optimization of a single, well-bounded spacecraft component: the bracket mounting a reaction wheel to the internal rail structure of a 3U CubeSat. A parametric CAD model, driven through the SolidWorks API, generates candidate bracket geometries by varying rib layout, wall thickness and hole pattern; each candidate is automatically assessed for mass, structural margin against GEVS through SolidWorks Simulation, and embodied carbon footprint through the Climatiq API, evaluated across the qualified material shortlist. An outer optimization loop couples these three evaluations to construct a Pareto front of non-dominated designs, rendering the trade-off between mass, stiffness and sustainability explicit and quantitative. The methodological contribution lies not in any individual simulation, already available interactively in SolidWorks, but in the closed-loop automation that couples CAD generation, structural verification and carbon accounting into a single function usable by a search algorithm, situating the project at the intersection of structural optimization, aerospace verification standards and sustainable engineering. |
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