Title:
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING LARGE COMPONENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2008/150700
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods and systems for fabricating a composite structure are provided. The method (400,500,600) includes receiving data representing a portion of a surface (312) of the structure, measuring a surface of the structure, the measured surface corresponding to the received surface wherein the measuring is performed with the structure in a flexed condition, and determining a difference in a first and a second direction between the measured surface and the received surface at areas that correspond to the measured surface. The method also includes determining a difference in a third direction, transmitting to a morphing algorithm the determined differences in the first, second, and third directions, and determining a position in the first, second, and third directions of a point on the surface in the flexed condition that corresponds to a respective point on the received surface when the structure is placed in the nominal condition.
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Inventors:
MARSH BOBBY J (US)
NICHOLS STEVEN H (US)
NICHOLS STEVEN H (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2008/064254
Publication Date:
September 02, 2010
Filing Date:
May 20, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOEING CO (US)
MARSH BOBBY J (US)
NICHOLS STEVEN H (US)
MARSH BOBBY J (US)
NICHOLS STEVEN H (US)
International Classes:
G01B21/20
Foreign References:
| US5910894A | 1999-06-08 | |||
| EP1067359A1 | 2001-01-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PLANK, Dennis, R. et al. (P.O. Box 2515MC 110-SD5, Seal Beach California, US)
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