DESIGN OF CURVED FIBER PATHS FOR COMPOSITE LAMINATES

• Main Authors: THOMAS A GRANDINE, PATTERSON MATTHEW STEVEN, MOSTAFA RASSAIAN, MATTHEW TODD GRIMSHAW
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.01.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of designing steered-fiber plies that rely on computational optimization techniques to cope with a large design space, while ensuring manufacturability, with respect to design of curved fiber paths for composite laminates.SOLUTION: The conventional process u...