[AR] Re: Hyperganic uses AI to design a 3D-printed rocket engine

  • From: Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:18:31 +0200

Am 30.03.2020 um 21:27 schrieb ken mason:

The concept is awesome, the design, funky, why the thick walls and
'excessive' passages? Looks heavy even if aluminum, CRS even worse.
But when I saw 3D printing tech 10 years ago I wondered how long it
would be before the first bi-prop. Rocket Lab has certainly kicked ass!
I have a brand new 1KW fiber laser available, anyone?

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 6:19 AM Joe Bowen <joe.b.bowen@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:joe.b.bowen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/30/hyperganic-ai-rocket-engine-3d-printed/


IMU it looks like some algorithmic evolutionnary design progression.
it is probably parametric optimized.

The (excess) thickness/weight is in the constraints?

10+ years ago some enterprise published info about "evolutionary optimized" structures in context of reworking the A380 to reduce OEW.
beyond other projects this afair:
https://www.altair.com/pd/customer-story/airbus/a380-weight-reduction-through-optimization

Uwe


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