Study on using generative and topology design for feature enrichment in Mars Rovers

Space travel has always been a crucial task. Exploration and experimenting on Planets in our solar system will help us understand the universe better and also, we could find the origin of life. Rovers play an important role in finding these answers. The problem we have at present is not only with technology to explore the universe but also the ability of our rockets to carry rovers to other rocks. Since a large amount of fuel is required for Space travel, we end with very little cargo that can be sent to explore. As additive manufacturing started to play a vital part in Mechanical Science, we are going to try to use that tool to build a Generative design that helps in parts consolidation, weight reduction, increase flexibility, design optimisation and cost consolidation. Since weight is an important aspect, we could reduce the present rover weight and add additional scientific tools to the rover to increase its scope of search and applications. This project focuses on features enrichment in Rovers by optimizing rover weight and design using Design for Additive Manufacturing concept.

Strategic Ecosystem Flexibility Design and Empowered Digital Business Design

To achieve a productive and sustainable high-value delivery, the issue of flexibility needs to be addressed so that the value ecosystem can cope with the uncertainty of potential internal or external changes; such changes might affect whether the value delivery is in a timely and cost-effective manner. This chapter focuses on how to flexibly configure talents, resources, organizations, and technologies (i.e., operants) toward a productive and sustainable way of delivering high-value by leveraging digital technologies. This leveraging for strategic ecosystem flexibility is two-fold. First, digital operants need to be created to serve as ecosystem actors and perform value exchanges. Second, strategic business choices need to be made so that digital solution architecture choices and additional digital operants can dynamically engage and empower actors in value co-creation. Furthermore, this also demonstrates the third dimension of the business reinvention methodology, which is about digital business strategies for ecosystem flexibility and business sustainability.

Development of evaporative intercooler heat exchanger for vehicle charge air enhancement using CFD simulation

Nowadays, the concern of vehicle manufacturers towards improving engine performance, reducing fuel consumption and exhaust emissions that can cause the pollution of the atmosphere, concerns of strict emission pollution control regulations. Intercooler heat exchanger devices are used for engine charge air temperature improving for engine performance and emissions reduction. This paper introduces a new add-on technology of intercooler heat exchanger- (IHE) developed for utilizing in intake charge air density enhancement in engine combustion for better performance. Presenting a challenge in contributing a framework process for geometry designing development procedure for accurate and reliable scale design size of an air-vapour gas shell-and-tube IHE type, used refrigerant coolant medium. The process presents effective IHE in design time consumption, accurate in scale with higher performance and reliability operation in all environment weather due to reversibility system. A selected design geometry of 60 bunches of tubes with 7.53 mm inner diameter and 150 mm long placed. Effectiveness and design parameter geometry calculation are conditions of the IHE dependent relations of the shell size to tube length in condition of engine space availability control. Pressure drop and cooling capacity of IHE configuration design are proportional to the availability of design space or pressure drop control by the engine. Numerical and simulation results expressed a significant ability of IHE of 2–13 kW cooling load and process applicability for qualified design geometry configuration for selected IHE type. The developments present significant geometry flexibility design with the ability of cooling load or heating effect if reversible system, which offered multipurpose use in widely all vehicle types.