AUTOMATED LAMINATE COMPOSITE SOLID PLY GENERATION
First Claim
1. Method for creating a laminate design geometry for a composite component, the method comprising:
- a) defining a spatial volume of a solid defined between a plurality of external surface boundaries;
b) defining an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from one of said plurality of external surface boundaries to define a region in which a ply is to be received;
c) defining a partitioning boundary dividing said region into a ply portion and a resin portion; and
d) repeating steps b) and c) by defining an offset boundary from any one of said plurality of external surface boundaries and said offset boundary in a previous iteration of step b).
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Abstract
A method for creating a laminate design geometry for a composite component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, defining a spatial volume of a solid defined between a plurality of external surface boundaries, defining an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from one of the plurality of external surface boundaries to define a region in which a ply is to be received, defining a partitioning boundary dividing the region into a ply portion and a resin portion; and repeating the steps of defining an offset boundary and defining a partitioning boundary by defining an offset boundary from any one of the plurality of external surface boundaries and the offset boundary in a previous iteration of defining an offset boundary.
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20 Claims
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1. Method for creating a laminate design geometry for a composite component, the method comprising:
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a) defining a spatial volume of a solid defined between a plurality of external surface boundaries; b) defining an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from one of said plurality of external surface boundaries to define a region in which a ply is to be received; c) defining a partitioning boundary dividing said region into a ply portion and a resin portion; and d) repeating steps b) and c) by defining an offset boundary from any one of said plurality of external surface boundaries and said offset boundary in a previous iteration of step b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Method for fabricating a composite component according to a laminate design geometry, the method comprising:
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laying up a plurality of plies of a laminate according to a predetermined laminate design geometry, wherein said predetermined laminate design geometry includes data representing a plurality of regions in which a ply of said plurality of plies is to be received, each of said regions being defined by an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from an external surface boundary or another offset boundary, and each of said regions being divided into a ply portion and a resin portion by a partition boundary. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A composite component, comprising:
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a plurality of plies and a resin arranged according to a predetermined laminate design geometry, wherein said predetermined laminate design geometry includes data representing a plurality of regions in which a ply of said plurality of plies is to be received, each of said regions being defined by an offset boundary spaced by an offset value from an external surface boundary or another offset boundary, and each of said regions being divided into a ply portion and a resin portion by a partition boundary. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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