Generally, the manufacturing of complex structures involves various processes that yield the product. Simulation methods are often used to optimize each single process step. When the manufacturing levels involve different physical disciplines usually diverse discretizations have to be used. Hence, if a result of a simulation has an influence on the simulation of the following processing step it needs to be transferred between possibly different domains. When chaining these process steps together in the simulation, software interfaces become necessary to realize an integrated virtual process chain. Therefore, the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI developed the software tool SCAI-Mapper dedicated to mapping physically relevant entities in process chain simulation. The SCAI-Mapper enables the coupling of a wide range of commercially available FEM software codes for metal forming, heat treatment and crash simulations which can be used in a coupled manufacturing process chain. The methods for data interpolation are not limited to these areas and can easily be carried forward to different application fields.
Improved product design using mapping in manufacturing process chains
2010
8 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 8 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Datenträger
Englisch
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