System and method for designing composite laminates using lamination parameters

    公开(公告)号:US10140388B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US14542626

    申请日:2014-11-16

    Abstract: A method of generating an optimized design model for a composite laminate may include computing a normalized set of lamination parameters and laminate stiffness matrices of an initial laminate design, and determining, using an optimizer operating on a finite element model, optimum values for the lamination parameters and the laminate thickness. The method may further include adjusting the optimum value of the laminate thickness, and performing an inversion process extracting multiple solutions from the lamination parameters, each solution including a unique set of individual fiber angles for each ply and representing an optimized design model of the composite laminate.

    Skin-Stringer Design for Composite Wings
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    发明申请
    Skin-Stringer Design for Composite Wings 审中-公开
    复合翼的皮肤连接设计

    公开(公告)号:US20160193806A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-07

    申请号:US14588536

    申请日:2015-01-02

    Abstract: Composite skin-stringer structures which reduce or eliminate the risk of delamination at the skin-stringer interface. This can be accomplished by arranging ply directions (i.e., the angles of the fiber paths of the ply) in a layup in a way such that for the dominant loading, the skin and stringer will each deform in a way that reduces relative opening (fracture Mode I) and/or sliding (fracture Mode II) and/or scissoring (fracture Mode III) at the skin-stringer interface. This is possible when coupling between specific deformations modes is purposefully activated instead of being suppressed. The ply directions in the stringer are adjusted so that the stringer deforms in a controlled fashion to suppress or “close” cracks that are about to form—before the undesirable modes of failure form—as load is applied.

    Abstract translation: 复合皮肤桁架结构,减少或消除皮肤绷带界面分层的风险。 这可以通过以叠层的方式布置帘布层方向(即,帘布层的纤维路径的角度)来实现,使得对于主要负载,皮肤和纵梁将以减少相对开口(断裂)的方式变形 模式I)和/或滑动(断裂模式II)和/或剪切(断裂模式III)。 当特定变形模式之间的耦合有意激活而不是被抑制时,这是可能的。 调节桁条中的帘布层方向,使得桁条以受控的方式变形,以抑制或“关闭”即将形成的裂纹 - 在不期望的失效模式形成之前 - 施加负载。

    Lamination parameter-based method for optimal design and manufacturing options

    公开(公告)号:US10183449B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US14866597

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Abstract: A design process that uses lamination parameter inversion to generate a set of baseline layups having desired stiffness properties. Then the underdetermined Newton's method can be applied to explore solution manifolds describing alternative designs having similar if not identical stiffness properties. The manifold of solutions can be methodically examined to find those with desirable properties. Desirable properties include those that have been traditionally captured by design rules or those that improve manufacturability. Combining lamination parameters as design variables with lamination parameter inversion provides an efficient optimization process for non-traditional laminates.

    Lamination Parameter-Based Method for Optimal Design and Manufacturing Options

    公开(公告)号:US20170087779A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US14866597

    申请日:2015-09-25

    CPC classification number: B29C70/30

    Abstract: A design process that uses lamination parameter inversion to generate a set of baseline layups having desired stiffness properties. Then the underdetermined Newton's method can be applied to explore solution manifolds describing alternative designs having similar if not identical stiffness properties. The manifold of solutions can be methodically examined to find those with desirable properties. Desirable properties include those that have been traditionally captured by design rules or those that improve manufacturability. Combining lamination parameters as design variables with lamination parameter inversion provides an efficient optimization process for non-traditional laminates.

    Skin-stringer design for composite wings

    公开(公告)号:US10195817B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-05

    申请号:US14588536

    申请日:2015-01-02

    Abstract: Composite skin-stringer structures which reduce or eliminate the risk of delamination at the skin-stringer interface. This can be accomplished by arranging ply directions (i.e., the angles of the fiber paths of the ply) in a layup in a way such that for the dominant loading, the skin and stringer will each deform in a way that reduces relative opening (fracture Mode I) and/or sliding (fracture Mode II) and/or scissoring (fracture Mode III) at the skin-stringer interface. This is possible when coupling between specific deformations modes is purposefully activated instead of being suppressed. The ply directions in the stringer are adjusted so that the stringer deforms in a controlled fashion to suppress or “close” cracks that are about to form—before the undesirable modes of failure form—as load is applied.

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