Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS 2012)

A Path Planning Algorithm of Closed Surface for Fiber Placement

Authors
Zhenyu Han, Fu Qiangqiang, Yang Fan, Fu Yunzhong, Fu Hongya
Corresponding Author
Zhenyu Han
Available Online December 2012.
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).

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS 2012)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
December 2012
ISBN
10.2991/mems.2012.100
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/mems.2012.100How to use a DOI?
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/).

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