Electric Box Heat Transfer Analysis

BabyBOOST Design Optimization

February - March 2021

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Author: Steven Sun

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Advisor: Prof. Carl Meinhart

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Project Overview:​

• Optimized electric box design for therapeutic robot for maximum motor cooling based on Nelder-Mead algorithm

• Simulated heat transfer in COMSOL using multiphysics (conduction, convection, and radiation) analysis

• Created 3D mesh object of electric box in SOLIDWORKS and incorporated applicable power specification for servo motors

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