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Abstract

This paper introduces a design of crank case cover using topology optimization powered by ANSYS WORKBENCH and to study thermal effects on the optimized model; for addictive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing technique like 3D printing can fabricate three-dimensional assets directly from CAD Drawings created in any software on a successive level. It could reduce the number of processes parts as well as the material loss for a large extend. The goal is to obtain an optimal design using computer simulation, in order to reduce a 30 percentage of total weight of the component hence achieving a performance improvement and a reduction of material wastage; without any compromise of structural and thermal strength.