Khalid, UsmanMustafa, Othman Mohammad AhmedNaeem, Muhammad AliAlkhateeb, Mohammad Yousef MohammadAwad, Basil Marwan Abed Eljaber2021-06-292021-06-292020-12-10International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, Vol. 5 No. 3 (2020) , 134-142https://hdl.handle.net/2437/318917Optimization of automotive parts nowadays is mainly used to design lightweight and cost-effective vehicle parts in order to improve the cost and efficiency. In this research, a sheet metal part was taken into consideration and optimized using direct optimization module in ANSYS to evaluate the process. An initial Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was done on the sheet metal part by adding forces and constraints in order to initiate direct optimization. The purpose of the optimization is to minimize the mass of the sheet metal part and maintaining a certain Factor of Safety (FOS) by automatically modifying the sheet thickness and the dimension of the side holes. As a result, the best candidate point with 23% mass reduction was found which complied with FOS value was selected for optimal geometry.Optimization of automotive parts nowadays is mainly used to design lightweight and cost-effective vehicle parts in order to improve the cost and efficiency. In this research, a sheet metal part was taken into consideration and optimized using direct optimization module in ANSYS to evaluate the process. An initial Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was done on the sheet metal part by adding forces and constraints in order to initiate direct optimization. The purpose of the optimization is to minimize the mass of the sheet metal part and maintaining a certain Factor of Safety (FOS) by automatically modifying the sheet thickness and the dimension of the side holes. As a result, the best candidate point with 23% mass reduction was found which complied with FOS value was selected for optimal geometry.application/pdfOptimizationANSYSStructural OptimizationFinite Element AnalysisOptimizationANSYSStructural OptimizationFinite Element AnalysisfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessUsman Khalid, Othman Mohammad Ahmed Mustafa, Muhammad Ali Naeem, Mohammad Yousef Mohammad Alkhateeb, Basil Marwan Abed Eljaber Awadhttps://doi.org/10.21791/IJEMS.2020.3.14International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences352498-700X