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The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated rotorcraft design and virtual manufacturing framework. The framework consists of two major sub-frameworks which are e-design and virtual manufacturing frameworks. This paper aims to describe the process of generating a specific framework for helicopter design and manufacturing in general, and a method for main rotor blade design.
The e-design process integrates a pre-conceptual, conceptual and preliminary design phases and includes many high accuracy physics-based analysis tools and in-house codes. The development of analysis programs and integration of flow data are discussed under the e-design process. The virtual manufacturing process discusses physical three-dimensional (3D) prototypes using rapid prototyping, virtual process simulation model development using Delmia Quest, virtual machine tool simulation and process-based cost model. Vehicle geometry is modelled parametrically in computer-aided 3D interactive application (CATIA) V5 to enable integration between the e-design and virtual manufacturing processes, and then saved in Enovia SmartTeam which is commercial software for product data management (PDM). Data saved in Enovia SmartTeam are used as a database for the virtual manufacturing process.
The integration framework was constructed by using Model Center software. A multi-disciplinary design optimization loop for rotor blade considering manufacturing factors is discussed to demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the framework.
The manufacturing (practical factors) could be considered at an early stage of the rotor blades design.
The gap between theoretical (engineering design: aerodynamic, structural, dynamic, design, etc.) and practical aspects (manufacturing) is bridged through integrated product/process development framework. The modern concurrent engineering approach is addressed for helicopter rotor blade design throughout the case study.
Development of integrated rotorcraft design and virtual manufacturing framework
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 83 , 3 ; 171-185
2011-05-17
15 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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