A method and apparatus may be present for managing rework. A section in a platform having a number of composite materials needing a rework may be identified to form an identified section. A selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section may be identified. The selected rework
A method and apparatus may be present for managing rework. A section in a platform having a number of composite materials needing a rework may be identified to form an identified section. A selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section may be identified. The selected rework process may comprise a process to bond a patch to the identified section. A computer system may perform a simulation of the selected rework process to determine whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section. The simulation may include a thermal analysis. The thermal analysis may take into account a number of structures associated with the identified section. The number of structures associated with the identified section may be located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section.
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1. A method for managing rework, the method comprising: identifying a section of a platform having a number of composite materials needing a rework to form an identified section, the composite materials comprising fibers and resin;identifying a selected rework process to perform the rework of the id
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A method for managing rework, the method comprising: identifying a section of a platform having a number of composite materials needing a rework to form an identified section, the composite materials comprising fibers and resin;identifying a selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section, the selected rework process comprising a process to bond a patch to the identified section;performing, by a computer system, a simulation of the selected rework process to determine whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section, the simulation including a thermal analysis, the thermal analysis taking into account a number of structures associated with the identified section wherein the number of structures associated with the identified section are located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section;responsive to an absence of a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch;performing another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch; andrepeating the steps of responsive to the absence of the determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch and performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch until the selected rework process provides the rework. 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: responsive to a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, performing the rework on the identified section using the selected rework process. 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising: responsive to a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, outputting a rework plan for the selected rework process; andperforming the rework on the identified section using the rework plan. 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising: obtaining information about the number of structures associated with the identified section from a platform database. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch comprises: performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch using the patch in the identified section and a number of structures associated with the identified section. 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising: identifying a location on the platform having an inconsistency. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of identifying the section of the platform having the number of composite materials needing the rework to form the identified section comprises: identifying the section of the platform having the number of composite materials needing the rework that includes the inconsistency to form the identified section. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the section is a location for a patch. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating the patch for the identified section using a layup for the number of composite materials, wherein the patch comprises a plurality of layers of the number of composite materials. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section comprises determining whether the selected rework process will cause inconsistencies. 11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating the patch for the identified section using a layup for the number of composite materials; andwherein determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section comprises determining whether the selected rework process meets tolerances, tolerances including temperatures during curing of the patch. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the thermal analysis identifies distribution or movement of heat during bonding of the patch to the identified section using the selected rework process. 13. A method for simulating a rework process for an aircraft, the method comprising: identifying a location on the aircraft having an inconsistency;identifying a section of the aircraft having a number of composite materials needing a rework that includes the inconsistency to form an identified section, the composite materials comprising fibers and resin;determining a layup for the number of composite materials in the identified section;obtaining information about a number of structures associated with the identified section from an aircraft database;generating a patch for the identified section using a computer system and the layup for the number of composite materials, wherein the patch comprises a plurality of layers of the number of composite materials;identifying, by the computer system, a selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section, the rework process comprising a process to bond the patch to the identified section;performing a simulation of the selected rework process using the computer system, the patch in the identified section, and the number of structures, wherein the simulation includes a thermal analysis for the patch in the identified section taking into account the number of structures associated with the identified section, wherein the number of structures associated with the identified section are located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section;determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section, wherein determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section comprises determining whether the selected rework process will cause inconsistencies;responsive to a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, outputting a rework plan for the selected rework process at an output device and performing the rework on the identified section using the rework plan and the patch;responsive to an absence of a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch;performing another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch; andrepeating the steps of responsive to the absence of the determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch and performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch until the selected rework process provides the rework. 14. An apparatus comprising: a computer system having a number of processor units and a number of storage devices; anda rework tool stored in the number of storage devices in the computer system and executed by the computer system to identify a section of a platform having a number of composite materials needing rework to form an identified section, the composite materials comprising fibers and resin; identify a selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section, the selected rework process comprising a process to bond a patch to the identified section; and perform a simulation of the selected rework process to determine whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section, the simulation including a thermal analysis, the thermal analysis taking into account a number of structures associated with the identified section wherein the number of structures associated with the identified section are located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section, responsive to an absence of a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modify at least one of the selected rework process and the patch, perform another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch, and repeat responsive to the absence of the determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch and performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch until the selected rework process provides the rework. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the rework tool is executed by the computer system to output a rework plan for the selected rework process in response to a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework. 16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the rework tool is executed by the computer system to generate a patch for the identified section using a layup for the number of composite materials; and modify at least one of the selected rework process and the patch in response to an absence of a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework; and perform another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch. 17. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the rework tool is executed by the computer system to identify a location on the platform having an inconsistency. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein in identifying the section of the platform having the number of composite materials needing the rework to form the identified section, the rework tool is executed by the computer system to identify the section of the platform having the number of composite materials needing the rework that includes the inconsistency to form the identified section. 19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the section is a location for a patch. 20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the rework tool is executed by the computer system to generate the patch for the identified section using a layup for the number of composite materials; and the patch comprises a plurality of layers of the number of composite materials. 21. The apparatus of claim 14, the thermal analysis identifying distribution or movement of heat during the bonding of the patch. 22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein in determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section, the rework tool is configured to be executed by the computer system to determine whether the selected rework process will cause inconsistencies. 23. A computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer recordable storage media;program code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for identifying a section of a platform having a number of composite materials needing rework to form an identified section, the composite materials comprising fibers and resin;program code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for identifying a selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section, the selected rework process comprising a process to bond a patch to the identified section;program code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for performing a simulation of a selected rework process to determine whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section the simulation including a thermal analysis, the thermal analysis taking into account a number of structures associated with the identified section wherein the number of structures associated with the identified section are located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section;program code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for responsive to an absence of a determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch;program code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for performing another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch; andprogram code, stored on the non-transitory computer recordable storage media, for repeating responsive to the absence of the determination that the selected rework process provides the rework, modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch and performing the another simulation of the selected rework process after modifying at least one of the selected rework process and the patch until the selected rework process provides the rework. 24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein determining whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section comprises determining whether the selected rework process will cause inconsistencies.
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