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See how a joint effort between top aviation companies and universities yielded a metal 3D-printed turbine center designed with generative design in Fusion 360.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The joint research effort produced this metal 3D-printed turbine center frame (TCF) casing using direct metal laser melting (DMLM) technology. Image courtesy of GE Aerospace.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, Kylie Jenner\u2019s 17-minute private jet trip sparked social media outrage. Private jets and fuel waste are increasingly under scrutiny from the public at large. A recent report from Yard<\/a> provided a who\u2019s-who of celebrity Private jet carbon footprints \u2014 from Taylor Swift to Blake Shelton, Oprah, Steven Spielberg, and Jay-Z. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private jets are just one component of a huge carbon emissions challenge with the aviation industry. We\u2019re all part of it every time we travel. Celebrities\u2014they\u2019re just like us. (Well, sort of\u2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global travel and shipping have reached new heights. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI),<\/a> commercial aviation alone produces approximately 2.4% of global carbon emissions. To put that in perspective, this number ranks the industry in between the entire emissions of Germany and Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding a solution is paramount, and the European Union\u2019s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking<\/a> is taking action. It has issued approximately \u20ac4 billion in grants to research projects aimed at increasing aircraft fuel efficiency. The goal is to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030.  <\/p>\n\n\n

Joint research for the metal 3D-printed turbine center frame <\/h2>\n\n\n

One part of Clean Aviation\u2019s research effort is MOnACO (short for \u201cmanufacturing of a large-scale additive manufacturing component\u201d), with participants including GE Aerospace\u2019s<\/a> Advanced Technology team in Munich, the Dresden University of Technology<\/a>, Hamburg University of Technology<\/a>, and the Autodesk UK team. Their goal? Reimagine the design, optimization, and validation of a large-scale aircraft engine\u2019s turbine center frame and use additive manufacturing. And the hard part? The turbine center frame consists of 100 parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we ultimately set out to do was merge those parts into one,\u201d says Andy Harris, a senior principal research engineer at Autodesk Research in London, in a recent Redshift article<\/a>. \u201cStreamlining the turbine center frame makes the component easier to manufacture and, most important, lighter. By reducing the weight of the turbine center frame, you use less fuel and therefore produce fewer carbon emissions. Also, using less fuel makes the aircraft cheaper to operate. So there\u2019s an economic benefit as well as an environmental benefit.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

Using generative design in Fusion 360 to find a solution <\/h2>\n\n\n

After defining design parameters and performance requirements in Fusion 360, MOnACO used generative design<\/a> to evaluate and explore the options. The team rigorously tested structural, fluid, and manufacturing simulations for ideal parts. This was followed by prototyping to understand the behavior and inform the next iterations to improve stiffness, mass reduction, and pressure drop. Autodesk Volumetric Kernel for aerothermal management was a key component for the final iteration. The team also turned to additive manufacturing<\/a> to find even further efficiencies in the manufacturing process.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the final design, a full-scale prototype was manufactured in a GE additive manufacturing facility<\/a>, with additional post-processing completed at an Autodesk facility for verification. The results were eye-popping mass savings of more than 30%.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this is just the very beginning, it\u2019s one step toward helping bring a new level of fuel and carbon emission savings to the aviation industry.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Clean Aviation and MOnACO <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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