Numerical workflow for skin model tolerancing applied to a composite study
Clément FREYSSINET, Tanguy MORO, Yvan DENIS, Estelle CASTANET, Sibin SASEENDRAN
Abstract. In industry, each part must satisfy a set of requirements to fully perform its functions. These requirements determine how the part should be designed and engineered. However, the manufactured part is never exactly like the nominal part. The manufactured part has defects due to the manufacturing variabilities. Tolerancing is therefore used to define acceptable geometrical defects: this is known as tolerance analysis. To perform a tolerancing study of geometrical surfaces, a popular approach is the skin model shape approach. In this context, the Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) manufacturing process is modeled and simulated with a set of variabilities. The resulting displacement fields from the geometrical distortions are post-treated to identify part and assembly tolerances for an Outlet Guide Vane (OGV).
Keywords
Tolerancing, Skin Model, Composite, Uncertainty Propagation
Published online 5/7/2025, 10 pages
Copyright © 2025 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Clément FREYSSINET, Tanguy MORO, Yvan DENIS, Estelle CASTANET, Sibin SASEENDRAN, Numerical workflow for skin model tolerancing applied to a composite study, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 54, pp 419-428, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903599-46
The article was published as article 46 of the book Material Forming
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