G - Physics – 05 – B
Patent
G - Physics
05
B
113/57, 342/22.1
G05B 19/41 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1313796
METHOD FOR LOFTING BLANKS AND COMPOUNDING PLATES FOR SHELL STRUCTURES Abstract Methods for lofting flat metal starting blanks and for compounding curved metal plates from the flat starting blanks can be used in lofting and fabricating boat hulls, aircraft and automobile bodies, tanks, containment vessels, and other shell structures. The methods relate starting blanks and compounded plates to specified patches of a defined surface having compound curvature, or more precisely, non-zero Gaussian curvature. The surface is a representation of the shell structure to be fabricated by assembling the plates. In each of the methods the in-plane strain is related to intrinsic geometry in a strain equation. The strain is explicitly or implicitly considered and solved for accurate and controlled implementation of both the lofting and cutting of the blanks and the compounding of the blank into the desired plate configuration. Solution of the strain equations for boundary nodes in the plane of the blank for cutting the blank minimizes field trim. Solution of the strain equations for strain distribution in the plane of the blank provides the guidance necessary for controlled introduction of strain through application of controlled compounding processes. Automated control may also be implemented by thickness monitoring at the nodal coordinates during compounding. Each of the methods of the present invention involves solution of the strains in a differential geometric mapping from one parametric surface manifold to another explicitly or implicitly reflecting the in-plane strain involved in compounding.
604082
Aerohydro Inc.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
LandOfFree
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