Title :
Designing, controlling, and visualizing composite material manufacturing
Author :
Shires, Dale R. ; Green, W. ; Walsh, Steve
Abstract :
We have developed a visualization tool for monitoring and displaying resin flow during the fabrication of composite laminates. The tool integrates network-based data acquisition, fast finite element based reconstruction (smoothing) and contouring algorithms, and scientific visualization. It helps users better understand the design process and will be at the center of our intelligent design and control manufacturing system
Keywords :
composite materials; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; data visualisation; engineering graphics; finite element analysis; moulding; process monitoring; production control; production engineering computing; composite laminate fabrication; control; fast finite element based contouring algorithms; fast finite element based reconstruction algorithms; intelligent composite manufacturing paradigm; monitoring; network-based data acquisition; resin flow; scientific visualization; visualization tool; Composite materials; Data acquisition; Data visualization; Fabrication; Finite element methods; Laminates; Monitoring; Process design; Resins; Smoothing methods;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCISE.2002.1014987
