Geometry Assurance Integrating Process Variation with Simulation of Spring-in for Composite Parts and Assemblies
Paper in proceeding, 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

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

University of Gothenburg

Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics

Fredrik Edelvik

Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre

Proc. of ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition

Vol. 2A
978-07-91-84643-8 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Mathematics

Computational Mathematics

Areas of Advance

Production

DOI

10.1115/IMECE2014-38228

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