Boosting Composite Structures Design-to-Manufacturing Process with Composite Design Solutions

摘要

Working in a 3D unified virtual platform streamlines the design, simulation, and manufacturing of composite structures. 3D technology makes it easier to achieve design milestones throughout all stages of the design process. Some examples of this include: - Design integrating functional requirements and rules of laminate stacking - Structural simulation to validate the final detailed "As Built Part" - Manufacturing simulation such as ply producibility and curing simulation Designing a composites structure is a long and tedious process. Orientation of fiber directions and how the stack-up order of plies are laid up on the mold influences the structural behavior of the part. Traditionally operators on the shop floor determined the lay-up strategy for a ply by combining manual trial and error with experience. Using integrated automated manufacturing technology new fiber direction strategies are allowed: deposited fiber can follow a complex path instead of one single direction. Using the virtual 3D composites model, users can take full advantage of this technology revolution combining it with a new degree of freedom thus enabling the designed fiber path to be specified by simulation and manufacturing. Dassault Systemes reveals its own domain expertise along with that of best in class Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry solution partners. The partners have joined the ecosystem to expand the scope of the composites design to manufacturing processes. This article will cover the following four composites design contexts in detail, illustrating the benefits of a complete, end-to-end 3D composites design environment. Industrial Design to Black Art Design in Assembly Context Design in Analysis Context Design in Manufacturing Context.