A Path Planning Algorithm of Closed Surface for Fiber Placement
- DOI
- 10.2991/mems.2012.100How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- fiber placement; closed surface; path planning
- Abstract
Fiber placement is an important processing technology for fabricating complex composite structures which offer many advantages over traditional structural material. In this paper, a novel path planning algorithm for closed surface is proposed, which take midline and edge of tows as placement curves alternatively instead of achieving midlines and edges separately. The iterative method for placement curves is introduced under the constraint of curvature of tows. The planning of placement curves for the whole surface is achieved by offsetting curve feature points, which aims to produce uniform lay-up of composite lamina, with controllable gap and overlap between subsequent tows. The method to calculate the number of tow is also put forward no matter the maximum tow number is even or odd. Finally, the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation with CATIA Component Application Architecture (CAA).
- Copyright
- © 2012, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Zhenyu Han AU - Fu Qiangqiang AU - Yang Fan AU - Fu Yunzhong AU - Fu Hongya PY - 2012/12 DA - 2012/12 TI - A Path Planning Algorithm of Closed Surface for Fiber Placement BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS 2012) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 376 EP - 379 SN - 1951-6851 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/mems.2012.100 DO - 10.2991/mems.2012.100 ID - Han2012/12 ER -