Calculation Method and Tool to Visualize Cable Harness Usage in Trucks
2019 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 80 credits / 120 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Cable harness is an integral part of a modern-day automobile. The design of many mechanical components is based on the cable harness and hence it is important to accurately calculate the space occupied by cable harness. In this thesis, a theoretical model representing n arbitrarily sized cables was used to generate a packing of the cable harness, and the space occupied by them was calculated. The model was used to develop an algorithm that generated a feasible configuration and a container around that packing. The optimisation toolbox in MATLAB was also used to calculate the space and optimise the container size. A customised standalone tool was developed in MATLAB by utilising the established methods, that enables calculation of space occupied by cables at various points of interest along the truck chassis for Scania CV.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 63
Series
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Forskningsrapport, ISSN 1103-1581
Keywords [en]
Cable harness, Circle Packing, MATLAB, Non-Linear, Optimisation, Theoretical model
National Category
Mechanical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-17754OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-17754DiVA, id: diva2:1301320
External cooperation
Scania CV AB
Subject / course
MT2525 Masters Thesis (120 credits) in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Structural Engineering
Educational program
MTAMT Master of Science Programme in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Structural Mechanics
Presentation
2019-04-17, J1630, BTH, Campus Grasvik, Karlskrona, 09:15 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-04-042019-04-012025-09-30Bibliographically approved