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Sequential graph-based routing algorithm for electrical harnesses, tubes, and hoses in a commercial vehicle

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The routing design of the various electrical wires, tubes, and hoses of a commercial vehicle requires a significant number of man-hours because of the variety of the commercial vehicles, frequent design changes of other vehicular components and the manual trial-and-error approaches. This study proposes a new graph-based routing algorithm to find the collision-free routing path in the constrained space of a commercial vehicle. Minimal spanning tree is adopted to connect multi-terminal points in a graph and Dijkstra’s algorithm is used to find the shortest route among the candidate paths; the design domain is divided into several sub-domains to simplify the graph and the proposed algorithm solves the routing problems in a sequential manner to deal intermediate points. Then, the proposed method was applied to the design of the routes for four different routing components of a commercial truck. The results indicate that the developed methodology can provide a satisfactory routing design satisfying all the requirements of the design experts in the automotive industry.

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This study was supported by the R&D project, “Development and comparison study of measures for wire and pipe arrangement of commercial vehicle” sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company. Such support does not constitute an endorsement by the sponsor of the opinions expressed in this paper. The first five authors are grateful for the support they received from employees at Hyundai Motor Company, especially those who are on the Commercial Vehicle Engineering Data Management Team. We would also like to thank Hyundai Motor Company for their assistance and constructive suggestions during our project.

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    Saekyeol Kim, Taehyeok Choi, Shinyu Kim, Taejoon Kwon & Tae Hee Lee

  2. Commercial Vehicle Engineering Data Management Team, Hyundai Motor Company, 150 Hyundaiyeonguso-ro, Namyang-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, 18280, Korea

    Kwangrae Lee

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Kim, S., Choi, T., Kim, S. et al. Sequential graph-based routing algorithm for electrical harnesses, tubes, and hoses in a commercial vehicle. J Intell Manuf 32, 917–933 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-020-01596-9

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