Simulation Research on Hydraulic Support Based Virtual Prototyping

摘要

To overcome limitations of current designs of hydraulic supports based on conventional physical prototype, we propose a virtual prototyping based design mode for hydraulic supports. In this study, a 3D numerical model of hydraulic support was established by numerical simulations and stress distributions on hydraulic support were investigated. Also, motion simulation and interference detection of the working process of hydraulic supports were involved. The results indicated that the proposed hydraulic support based virtual prototyping is viable and the simulation results are consistent with practical working conditions of hydraulic supports. Indeed, virtual prototyping can improve the design method and reduce the design period. This study facilitates optimized design of hydraulic supports, thus providing references for industrial applications.