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DivisionofFunctionalProductDevelopment
LuleUniversityofTechnology
20091019

MasterThesisproject:
IntegratingconceptualjetenginemodelwithCAD

Figure1.RollsRoyceTrent900jetengine.

Background
Companieswithinthejetengineareaarecontinuouslytryingtomaketheirproductdevelopment
activitiesmoreeffective.Inearlyproductdevelopment,i.e.conceptualdesign,productmodelsare
usedtopredictconceptbehavior,e.g.performanceandweightmodels.Thesemodelsareseldom
integratedfullywithCADisoftwarewhyswiftevaluationinCAEiiismissed.Onewaytointegrateis
bygivingconceptualmodelinputtoanautomaticgeometrygeneratorinaCADsoftware.This
enablesmoreconceptualdesignstobeevaluated.

Automaticgeometrygenerationcanbedoneusingknowledgebasedengineering(KBE)whichisa
waytoenableamoreradicaltopologyvariationthanparametricCADwhysameKBEmodelcanbe
usedtogeneratemanydifferentconcepts.Thisisneededinconceptualdesignofjetenginestotryout
manyscenarios,optimizethedesignandthereforegainacompetitiveadvantage.

VolvoAeroisasubsidiaryofABVolvothatdevelopsandmanufacturescomponentsforaircraft,
rocketandgasturbineengines,aswellasofferingaviationservices,overhaulandrepair.Main
customersareRollsRoyce,PrattandWithneyandGeneralElectric.HeadquartersareinTrollhttan,
SwedenwithoperationsinNorwayandtheUSA.Employeesnumberaround3,500.VolvoAeros
componentsarepartofover80%ofaircraftenginesonlargeraircrafts.Thismasterthesisprojectwill
beincollaborationwithVolvoAerothrougharesearchprojectentitledMETOPIAwhichisconducted
atLTU.

Overallgoalandspecificgoal
Theoverallgoalistointegrateaconceptualdesignmodelforweightandgeometryparameter
calculationwithaCAD/CAEsoftwareNX7fromSiemensPLMsoftwareiii.Thespecificgoalisto
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usetheoutputfilefromconceptualdesignmodeltoautomaticallygeneratewholejetengineconcepts
byprogrammingrulesintheCADsoftware.

Approach
Bystudyingtherecommendedliteratureanintroductiontotheareaofknowledgebasedengineering,
wholeenginemodelsandjetenginedesignisgiven.Thentheoutputfromtheconceptmodelshould
beanalysedandbasedontheoutputCADgeometrycanbemanuallygenerated.Learningthe
capabilitiesoftheKBEmoduleinNXisanextstep.Severaldifferentjetengineconceptsshouldbe

iComputeraideddesign
iiComputeraidedengineering:e.g.stressanalysis,kinetics,thermalandflowanalysis
iii http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/nx/

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20091019
abletobegeneratedandgearedturbinefanenginesareofextrainterest.Itisimportanttogetan
understandingoftheaimintheresearchprojectMETOPIAtomaximizethecontributionofthemaster
thesisprojectforexamplewillthegeneratedgeometrybeusedfordifferentanalysis,e.g.
rotordynamics,stress,andthereforeneedtobeconfiguredinawaythatsimplifiesthepreprocessing
doneinNXAdvancedSimulation.ThemasterthesisstudentwillbesituatedatLuleUniversityof
Technology.

Athesiswillbewrittencontinuouslywiththeprojectworktoensurethateverythingisdocumented
andthatthethesisisfinishedintime.Anoralpresentationforthepublicwillbeheldintheend.

Literaturereview
Startbystudyingthefollowingreferences(inalphabeticalorder,notorderofpriority):

Andersson,P.,(2001),Strategiesformodelinggeometryinknowledgebasedengineering
systems,MastersThesis,LuleUniversityofTechnology.
Boart,PandJonasson,P.,(2002),Functionaljetenginecomponent:modellingusingKBE,
MastersThesis,LuleUniversityofTechnology.
Chapman,C.B.andM.Pinfold(1999),"Designengineeringaneedtorethinkthesolution
usingknowledgebasedengineering."KnowledgeBasedSystems12:257267.
Hnecke,K.(1997),Jetengines:fundamentalsoftheory,designandoperation,Shrewsbury:
Airlife
PapersbyRLiebich
Sandberg,M.,(2007),Designformanufacturingmethodsandapplicationsusingknowledge
engineering,PhDthesis,LuleUniversityofTechnology.
Sandberg,M.,Kokkolaras,M.,Aidanp,J.O.,Isaksson,O.,andLarsson,T.,(2009),Whole
jetengineanalysisanddesignoptimization:amastermodelingapproach,Acceptedfor
presentationatWorldCongressofStructuralMultidisciplinaryOptimization,Lisbon,
Portugal.
Thor,P.,(2006),Knowledgedrivenpreprocessingforweldsimulations,MastersThesis,
LuleUniversityofTechnology.

StarthereandexplorefurtherotherreferencesbysearchingtheinternetandcheckingtheLTUlibrary.
ProfessorRLiebichisworkingonwholeenginemodelsatBerlinTechnicalUniversityandisan
importantcontactinthisproject.Thereforeitisessentialtogetintroducetotheworkhehasdonein
thisarea.

Reportandoralpresentation
Areportwillbewrittenwheretheworkisintroduced,thetheorythathavebeenreferencedisincluded,
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themethodsthathavebeenusedarereported,theresultsaredescribedanddiscussedandthemain
conclusionsarewritten.

TheworkwillbepresentedorallyforthepublicatLTU.

Scope
30p(SwedishMasterofScienceinEngineering)
Start:Assoonaspossible
End:4.5monthafterstart

People
Masterthesisstudent:
SupervisorandExaminer:MarcusSandberg,AssistantProfessoratDivisionofFunctionalProduct
Development,LTU

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