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Metals 2016,6, 280 Figure21.Stressdistributiondensityof traditionalandoptimizedstopper. 3.4.2.Case2:ConnectingPlate The connecting platewith inner splines is always used to transfer torque between themain step-downgearandsidereducerofaheavytrackedvehicle. It connectswiththemainreducerbybolts andtransfers torquebythesplines. Theactualuseconditionsof theconnectingplateareshownin Figure22. Figure22.Theuseconditionsof theconnectingplate. Similarly, theredesignprocessesof theconnectingplateareas follows. 1.Modelbuildinganddesignof theskin The model can be made by 3D scanning measuring and reverse engineering technology. Theoptimizedthicknessof theskin is2mmaccordingto thepreviouswork. 2.Connectingplatestructureseveringandframeworkdesign Theconnectingplate canbedivided into threepartsby their forceconditionsandshapes: the flangestructurewith torque, theringstructurewith torqueandthesplinestructure. The frameworkof eachdividedplatewasredesignedbythemethodstudiedinSection3. Thentheredesignedconnecting platewasconnectedbytheir topological relationship. Thereconstructionresult is showninTable3. 3. Finiteelementanalysisanddetaildesignof theconnectingplate TheoriginalandreconstructedconnectingplatemodelswereintroducedintoANSYSYWorkbench (Pittsburgh, CA, USA) for finite element analysis to show the change of the stress distribution. Otherdetaileddesignssuchasfilletsandpowderoutletswerecompleted in this stage. 101