Virtual prototyping in polymer composites
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- AutoAir Composites, Lansing, MI (United States)
Efficacious design is critical to the successful application of any device. For polymer composites this design activity is abstracted into three dimensions: material design, process design and assembly design. Rarely is a composite product made entirely of composites; in most cases the product is a mixture of both composite and non-composite segments. The term composite assembly is used to emphasize this hybrid nature. Much of the assembly design activity involves determining whether a given three dimensional description with the relevant material properties will adequately support the various loadings. Rigorous detailed design typically verifies this using finite element analysis studies. The design literature clearly shows that many of the critical cost drivers are determined prior to detailed design. Providing decision support for the earlier conceptual design phase can substantially impact downstream costs of composite assemblies. This conceptual design includes determining which segments of the assembly will be composites as well as determining the overall configuration and relationship(s) between these segments. At the conceptual design phase, beneficial design criticism and advice can aid in the realization of the composite assembly. This paper focuses on the knowledge representation and inference strategies needed in an intelligent decision support system for the conceptual design of polymer composite assemblies. The specific domain application involves redesigning an existing metal assembly using polymer composite materials.
- OSTI ID:
- 237716
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510177-; ISBN 1-56676-376-2; TRN: IM9625%%41
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. technical conference on composite materials, Santa Monica, CA (United States), 18-20 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Society for Composites: Tenth technical conference. Composite materials, mechanics and processing; PB: 659 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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