Assembly Operation Optimization Based on Social Radiation Algorithm for Autobody
Author(s) -
Xing Yanfeng,
Wang Yansong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1155/2014/854637
Subject(s) - genetic algorithm , fixture , fitness function , key (lock) , computer science , process (computing) , noise (video) , algorithm , reliability engineering , mathematical optimization , engineering , mathematics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , mechanical engineering , computer security , image (mathematics) , operating system
Assembly dimensional quality affects wind noise and driving steady and whole external appearance. The quality can be improved by reducing part tolerance and fixture tolerance and optimizing key control characteristics (KCCs). However, reducing tolerance should largely increase manufacturing costs, and then the paper assembly tolerance is decreased by selecting optimal KCCs. In this work, a fitness function is presented to evaluate assembly operations based on the linear assembly variation analysis model. Afterwards, a new social radiation algorithm (SRA) is proposed to optimize KCCs, and some test functions are used to evaluate optimum performance between the genetic algorithm (GA) and SRA, and the results show that the performance of SRA is better than that of GA. Finally two cases are used to illustrate process of assembly operation optimization by SRA, and the results show that the SRA has higher precision and efficiency than that of GA.
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