Continuous simulation of variations during the design of endless fiber reinforced composite structure assemblies
DS 125: Proceedings of the 34th Symposium Design for X (DFX2023)
Year: 2023
Editor: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold-Byhain, Sandro Wartzack
Author: Stephan Freitag, Stefan Goetz, Sandro Wartzack
Series: DfX
Institution: Engineering Design, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
Page(s): 015-024
DOI number: 10.35199/dfx2023.02
Abstract
Using composite materials like endless fiber reinforced plastics offers numerous advantages. Nevertheless, the material properties of composite materials lead to new challenges in the manufacturing and assembly process. Additionally, variations and uncertainties occurring in the different production steps lead to increased production costs. Therefore, appropriate consideration of variations is needed and can be achieved through a continuous analysis of variations and their effects on the parts‘ quality using methods of tolerance management. The contribution proposes the development of such a simulation strategy.
Keywords: Fiber reinforced plastics, Tolerance management, Tolerance-cost optimization, Manufacturing simulation, Assembly simulation