Vehicle corrosion analyzer
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRichard Joel Thompson, Elizabeth Killelea, Robert Michael Lawton, Kristen Smith Williams
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for analyzing potential corrosion for a vehicle. Potential corrosion surfaces for the vehicle are identified using a model for the vehicle. The corrosion risks are predicted for each of the potential corrosion surfaces. The corrosion risks predicted are aggregated into a group of aggregated corrosion risks for a group of functional design units for the vehicle. A corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle is generated to identify a corrosion risk in the vehicle from the group of aggregated corrosion risks, and to enable a change in the model to reduce the identified corrosion risk.
Claims28
An apparatus comprising:
- A display system;
- an extractor configured to identify potential corrosion surfaces for a vehicle using a model for the vehicle;
- a corrosion predictor configured to predict corrosion risks for the potential corrosion surfaces using a group of sources identifying corrosion risks for different types of materials;
- and an aggregator configured to aggregate the corrosion risks predicted for a group of potential corrosion surfaces into a group of aggregated corrosion risks for a group of functional design units in the vehicle to identify a corrosion risk in the vehicle from the group of aggregated corrosion risks, and to enable a change in the model to reduce the identified corrosion risk;
- a risk analyzer configured to generate a corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle using the group of aggregated corrosion risks for the group of functional design units, wherein the corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle is feedback for changes to the model for the vehicle;
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- a graphical user interface configured to display the corrosion risk assessment on the display system to a user and allow the user to change the model for the vehicle to reduce the corrosion risks.
A corrosion risk analysis system comprising:
- a display system;
- an extractor configured to identify material contacts between components in a model for a vehicle during a design phase of the vehicle and identifies potential corrosion contacts for the vehicle using the material contacts and materials present in structures at the material contacts;
- a corrosion predictor configured to predict corrosion risks for the potential corrosion contacts accessing a group of sources identifying corrosion risks for different types of materials;
- an aggregator configured to aggregate the corrosion risks predicted for the group of potential corrosion contacts into a group of aggregated corrosion risks for a group of functional design units in the vehicle;
- a risk analyzer configured to generate a corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle using the group of aggregated corrosion risks for the group of functional design units to identify a corrosion risk in the vehicle from the group of aggregated corrosion risks, and to enable a change in the model to reduce the identified corrosion risk, wherein the corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle is feedback for using in making changes to the model for the vehicle during the design phase of the vehicle;
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- a graphical user interface configured to display the corrosion risk assessment on the display system to a user and allow the user to change the model for the vehicle to reduce the corrosion risks.
A method for analyzing potential corrosion for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- identifying potential corrosion surfaces for the vehicle using a model for the vehicle;
- predicting corrosion risks for each of the potential corrosion surfaces;
- aggregating the corrosion risks predicted into a group of aggregated corrosion risks for a group of functional design units for the vehicle;
- generating a corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle to identify a corrosion risk in the vehicle from the group of aggregated corrosion risks, and to enable a change in the model to reduce the identified corrosion risk, wherein the corrosion risk assessment for the vehicle is feedback for changes to the model of the vehicle;
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- changing the model of the vehicle in accordance with the risk assessment to reduce the corrosion risks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.