Develop structural design automation program
Hyundai Engineering start-up Project Develop an automated design system for factory steel structures to minimize the time spent on simple and repetitive engineering tasks and enable engineers to focus on quality and creative engineering. Hyundai Engineering Manager of Smart Factory Technology Team Kim Dongwon express: “ In particular, we have developed design information exchange and automated design procedures between relevant departments to effectively respond to frequent design changes in the construction planning of steel frames for chemical plants and power plants. ” They focus on the shelter and pipe rack design of the factory, with the purpose of using artificial intelligence and machine learning to simplify information exchange and realize the automation of the design process.
Hyundai Engineering The height of the shelter is designed to be one to three layers, which is used temporarily or permanently in the factory project discharge Provide various construction equipment. Pipe rack is the structure used to support pipes, conduits and cable trays in industrial facilities, which plays a vital role in the design of industrial plants. In the design process of industrial plants, many engineering changes are usually made during the whole design phase, so it is necessary to modify the shelter and pipe support design to meet the modified plant design specifications. In order to simplify the structural design method and speed up the design, while meeting the constantly updated needs and requirements of other emerging industries, Hyundai Engineering Design automation technology based on artificial intelligence is being researched and developed.
Manual workflow, collaboration, and change management
The general structural design workflow of industrial plants is usually to manually input design conditions and loads for structural analysis by engineers using structural analysis programs. In this process, manual input of data is time-consuming, and structural load calculation is also prone to errors, resulting in a large number of design changes. Dongwon express: “ This process is very tedious and complex, which requires enough time to review human errors, leading to increased tasks, which will change with the design further Zoom in. ” Because the structure and design standards of each project are different, designers need to make subjective judgments, so standardization work becomes very difficult. Lack of standardization and frequent design changes lead to increased time and cost of project delivery.
Hyundai Engineering Realize that to optimize the change management and the implementation of industrial plant projects, collaboration among the disciplines of piping, electrical, instrumentation and construction equipment is required, which is critical, because the information obtained from these disciplines is very helpful to the structural design of civil and building infrastructure. Dongwon express: “ Continuous modification results in the need to constantly record design information (such as pipe weight), and multiple teams need to check and update the changes; Sometimes, the same work has to be repeated. ” The intelligent technology team hopes to standardize and simplify the plant engineering design workflow by using intelligent digital solutions, integrating different disciplines, realizing design automation, and eliminating repetitive work in the construction planning of industrial plant steel frames.
Use machine learning to promote STAAD Application of
Hyundai Engineering And Bentley Cooperation, utilize STAAD To integrate 3D modeling and artificial intelligence and simplify design workflow and Automate the creation of designs through machine learning predictions. They first developed an automated design system for steel structures, focusing on pipe racks and shelters. The design process includes structural components such as cables and trusses as well as structural member connections ， The team needs to integrate the weight data of the pipeline, construction equipment and instrument team into the 3D model. Hyundai Engineering utilize STAAD , and integrated the algorithm based on artificial intelligence, without manually entering data, it can automatically convert the weight and / Or other relevant data into the model, thus creating an automated design program. Dongwon express: “ When these data are synchronized into the automation program, the weight of pipe load and cable tray load will be automatically applied to STAAD Model. Design work previously carried out by individual engineers can now be digitized and managed through unified best practices. ”
The structural design based on artificial intelligence starts from the automatic modeling of the shelter, and then extends to the database construction. It can be customized according to the structural size, and then the proposed truss, rolling beam and / Or column spacing. In the implementation Prior to automation, the roof structure of the shelter was determined based on existing manual design estimates. However, after the automated process is implemented, numerous scenes can be examined digitally to determine the best roof system.
Hyundai Engineering Developed 3D modeling and artificial intelligence automatic design programs integrate automation, prediction and optimization processes into factory engineering practices, and expand through machine learning Bentley Applications, Actively use digital technology from two engineering perspectives. Dongwon express: “ First, the design variables and results in the automation process are built into a database for machine learning, so that expand Designed for AI. Secondly, the design information exchanged between relevant departments in the form of drawings and documents is now managed in the form of 3D model data. ”
Intelligent technology drives cost savings and standardization
Hyundai Engineering The newly developed intelligent design system for civil and building plant structure improves work efficiency and reduces the time spent by engineers on manual repetitive work. The automation program stores the design variables in a digital database, and when combined with machine learning technology, it can create a real AI design, which can continuously produce the same results through repetitive work. Dongwon express: “ After the final AI design is realized through machine learning, the speed of deriving results is faster than that of engineers performing tasks manually. ” Finally, the combination of accurate integrated 3D modeling solution and intelligent digital workflow can provide accurate design information and integrate front-end engineering design（ FEED ）At least 30% 。 It also optimizes the construction volume and reduces the construction design cost by eliminating design errors 20% above. according to five Within the year fifty Bidding projects twenty-five Front-end engineering design projects and twenty Implementation of projects, Hyundai Engineering Estimated savings of nearly two hundred $10000 in outsourcing costs.
Hyundai Engineering The advantage of intelligent technology solutions is not only that they can speed up workflow and reduce costs, but also that they can be expanded and standardized. Through machine learning and prediction, the company creates artificial intelligence design that can be used for future projects. By using AI design automation programs for shelters, the team created 1,680 Database of scenarios and generated two thousand and seven hundred 10000 prediction models. In terms of pipe support design, the weight and geometric data in drawings and documents can be unified through the 3D model in the digital database, so as to achieve a simplified, standardized and intelligent design process. Dongwon express: “ Today, engineers can Hyundai Engineering The database accumulated in practice determines their structural system, rather than relying on their personal experience and feelings. ”
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