TY - JOUR AU - Maciejewski, Grzegorz AU - Mróz, Zenon PY - 2017 TI - Optimization of functionally gradient materials in valve design under cyclic thermal and mechanical loading JF - Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science; Vol 20 No 2 (2013) KW - N2 - The robust and simple optimization method of functionally graded material (FGM) for combined cyclic thermal and mechanical loading with application to valve design is proposed. The optimization procedure starts from the homogeneous ceramic material distribution and after thermomechanical analysis of the whole process, the new distribution of material is determined by reducing concentration of the ceramic phase at places of high tensile stresses and by increasing ceramic contents at places of high effective stresses. The optimal distribution of ceramic phase is found through iterations. We have shown the numerical example of the proposed method for optimization of a composite exhaust valve of combustion engine. The example illustrates the optimal density distribution of ceramic phase of Al 2 O 3 within NiAl matrix. In the design study we have used the transient analysis of stress and temperature fields. The proposed method shares merits of standard optimization and topology optimization, it allows for creating one phase of material inside the other. It can be especially useful to problems of structural elements subjected to thermomechanical loading histories. UR - https://cames.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/cames/article/view/71