Geometry Assurance Integrating Process Variation with Simulation of Spring-in for Composite Parts and Assemblies
Paper in proceedings, 2014
Geometrical variation and deviation in all manufacturing
processes affect quality of the final product. Therefore geometry assurance is an important tool in the design phase of a new product.
In the automotive and aviation industries where the use of
composite parts is increasing drastically, new tools within variation simulations are needed. Composite parts tend to deviate more from nominal specification compared to metal parts. Methods to simulate the manufacturing process of composites have been developed before. In this paper we present how to combine the process variation simulation
of composites with traditional variation simulations.
The proposed method is demonstrated on a real complex
subassembly, representing part of an aircraft wing-box. Since traditional variation simulation methods are not able to capture the spring-in and the special deviation behavior of composites,the proposed method adds a new feature and reliability to the geometry assurance process of composite assemblies.
composites
Variation simulation
part variation
Author
Cornelia Jareteg
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
Kristina Wärmefjord
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development
Christoffer Cromvik
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
Rikard Söderberg
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development
Lars Lindkvist
Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development
Johan Carlson
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
Stig Larsson
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics
University of Gothenburg
Fredrik Edelvik
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
Proc. of ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
Vol. 2A
Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Mathematics
Computational Mathematics
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1115/IMECE2014-38228
ISBN
978-07-91-84643-8