MPS粒子法による流体解析を利用した濾過装置の形状最適化

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Various kinds of working fluid are used in precision machining of materials including glass, ceramic, casting, aluminum and so on. The working fluid is contaminated by sludge like cutting dust during machining process and contaminated fluid may cause scratch on the surface of the product or shorten the lifetime of processing machines. Hence filtering of working fluid is very important process in manufacturing. An unique filter system with translucent body having backwashing function has been developed. The purpose of the study is improvement of the efficiency of filtering. The filter system contains a part called “cone” to control flow of liquid in the system. The shape optimization of the cone was performed to improve the efficiency of the filtering using MPS method based CFD software Particleworks and optimization software Optimus. As the result, improvement of pressure distribution in the filter system was achieved.