Automated fiber placement of plies with staggering
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJoseph G. Kirchhoff, Brice A. Johnson
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for designing a composite hollow body. A computer system selects ply layers for the hollow composite body. The ply layers comprise courses having course edges. The computer system positions the course edges between the ply layers throughout the hollow composite body to create a staggering of the course edges between the ply layers for a design of the hollow composite body.
Claims36
A method for designing a hollow composite body comprising:
- selecting, by a computer system, ply layers for the hollow composite body, wherein the ply layers comprise courses having course edges;
- and
- positioning, by the computer system, the course edges between the ply layers throughout the hollow composite body to create a staggering of the course edges between the ply layers for a design of the hollow composite body.
A method for designing a hollow composite body comprising:
- selecting, by a computer system, a ply layer in ply layers in a design for the hollow composite body to form a selected ply layer;
- and
- staggering, by the computer system, in an iterative manner course edges between the selected ply layer in the ply layers and other ply layers in the ply layers, wherein a result of increased staggering of the course edges between the ply layers occurs and the result is used in a next iteration with another selected ply layer until a desired level of staggering occurs.
A composite manufacturing system comprising:
- computer system;
- a composite structure manager in the computer system, wherein composite structure manager operates to:
- select ply layers for a hollow composite body, wherein the ply layers comprise courses having course edges;
- and
- position the course edges between the ply layers throughout the hollow composite body to create a staggering of the course edges between the ply layers for a design of the hollow composite body.
A composite manufacturing system comprising:
- computer system;
- a composite structure manager in the computer system, wherein composite structure manager operates to:
- select a ply layer in ply layers in a design for a hollow composite body to form a selected ply layer;
- and
- stagger in an iterative manner course edges between the selected ply layer in the ply layers and other ply layers in the ply layers, wherein a result of increased staggering of the course edges between the ply layers occurs and the result is used in a next iteration with another selected ply layer until a desired level of staggering occurs.
A computer program product for designing a hollow composite body, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage media having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to perform a method of:
- selecting ply layers for the hollow composite body, wherein the ply layers comprise courses having course edges;
- and
- positioning the course edges between the ply layers throughout the hollow composite body to create a staggering of the course edges between the ply layers for a design of the hollow composite body.
A computer program product for designing a hollow composite body, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage media having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to perform a method of:
- selecting a ply layer in ply layers in a design for the hollow composite body to form a selected ply layer;
- and
- staggering in an iterative manner course edges between the selected ply layer in the ply layers and other ply layers in the ply layers, wherein a result of increased staggering of the course edges between the ply layers occurs and the result is used in a next iteration with another selected ply layer until a desired level of staggering occurs.
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