Optimization of Pile Driver Frame Based on Sensitivity Analysis

Abstract

The optimization of the pile driver frame is very important to the overall performance of the pile driver. This paper examines the large body structure of a model of a hydraulic static pile driver as the research object. ANSYS APDL finite element software is used to perform static analysis and sensitivity analysis on the large body structure of the pile driver. On the premise of meeting the design requirements, according to the most dangerous working conditions of the pile driver, the size optimization of the frame structure of the pile driver is carried out based on sensitivity analysis. The mathematical model is established with the plate thickness as the design variable, the strength and stiffness of the body structure as the constraints, and the minimum mass of the body structure as the objective function. The optimization results show that the optimization design model based on sensitivity analysis not only meets the strength and stiffness conditions of the large structure, but also reduces the structural mass by 22.1% and greatly reduces the production cost.

Keywords

• sensitivity
• pile driver
• frame
• ANSYS
• optimization design