System and method for determining the direction and spacing of fiber paths for a composite ply

A composite material layer and composite material technology, applied in the direction of analyzing materials, complex mathematical operations, comprehensive factory control, etc., can solve problems such as non-parallel, not considered, and inability to consider the influence of convergence and manufacturability
CN109145348AActive Publication Date: 2019-01-04THE BOEING CO
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
THE BOEING CO
Publication Date
2019-01-04

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Abstract

A method (100) of determining fibers paths (314) for a composite material layer sheet (202) includes generating a triangulated surface (218) of the composite material layer sheet (202), and defining afirst unit vector field establishing a 0-degree direction (302) for the triangulated surface. A second unit vector field (306) is defined by rotating, through specified fiber angles measured relativeto the 0-degree direction, the first unit vector field about surface normals of the triangulated surface. A third unit vector field representing a gradient direction (308) of a potential function isdefined by rotating the second unit vector field over 90D about the respective surface normals. The third unit vector field is scaled to create a non-unit vector field, and a first potential functionis determined by performing a least-squares fit such that the direction and magnitude of the gradient best approximate the direction and the magnitude of the non-unit vector field. A normalization ofthe potential function uniformly distributes contour lines of the potential function across the triangulated surface. The contour lines are used as fiber paths for laying up courses of composite material to fabricate the composite material layer sheet (202).
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[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to composite manufacturing and, more particularly, to systems and methods for determining the direction and spacing of fiber paths for laying up composite tows to form composite plies. Background technique

[0002] The design of the composite laminate includes specifying one or more fiber angles for each composite ply in the composite laminate. For example, a structural design engineer may specify fiber angles for each composite ply measured relative to a reference direction on the surface of the composite ply. For visualization and use in computational algorithms such as stress analysis software programs, the fiber angles can be represented by a vector field on the surface of a composite ply. To fabricate composite plies, manufacturing engineers can model fiber angles as continuous fiber paths when programming automated lay-up equipment. For example, an automated fiber placement machine (AFPM) may be programm...

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