Method and apparatus for producing contoured composite structures and structures produced thereby
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B29C-070/40
B29C-070/20
B29C-070/30
B29C-070/44
B32B-037/10
B29L-031/00
B29L-031/30
출원번호
US-0013097
(2011-01-25)
등록번호
US-9278484
(2016-03-08)
발명자
/ 주소
Guzman, Juan Carlos
McCarville, Douglas Alan
Sweetin, Joseph L.
Messinger, Ross
출원인 / 주소
THE BOEING COMPANY
대리인 / 주소
Yee & Associates, P.C.
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3인용 특허 :
50
초록▼
A contoured composite structure includes an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg. The structure is fabricated by laying up a flat stack of prepreg fiber plies each having non-zero degree fiber orientations relative to an axis of curvature, and laying up at least one prepreg fiber ply on the
A contoured composite structure includes an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg. The structure is fabricated by laying up a flat stack of prepreg fiber plies each having non-zero degree fiber orientations relative to an axis of curvature, and laying up at least one prepreg fiber ply on the stack having a zero degree fiber orientation. Laying up the zero degree ply includes placing prepreg tows in segments arranged end-to-end on at least a portion of the stack. The stack is formed into a web and a curved leg.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of fabricating a contoured composite structure comprising an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg, the method comprising forming a flat stack by: laying up a first set of prepreg fiber plies comprising a non-zero degree fiber orientations relative to the axis of curvature;laying
1. A method of fabricating a contoured composite structure comprising an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg, the method comprising forming a flat stack by: laying up a first set of prepreg fiber plies comprising a non-zero degree fiber orientations relative to the axis of curvature;laying up, a second prepreg fiber ply comprising a zero degree fiber orientation relative to the axis of curvature, the second prepreg fiber ply comprising a web portion and an inner leg portion, the web portion comprising continuous tows, and the inner leg portion comprising segmented tows, the segmented tows comprising segments in different radial positions with ends staggered relative to each other and positioned so that adjacent ends of the segments comprise an overlap at the adjacent ends; andforming the flat stack, comprising the zero degree fiber orientation, into a web from the web portion and the at least one curved leg from the inner leg portion, the forming comprising moving the adjacent ends of the segments that comprise the overlap to a substantially abutting position. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the stack includes forming the at least one curved leg to a larger radius. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising laying up the segmented tows including arranging the segmented tows end-to-end. 4. A method of fabricating a contoured composite structure comprising an axis of curvature and at least one curved leg, the method comprising: cutting a number of tows to form segmented fiber tows;laying up a flat stack comprising a first set of prepreg fiber plies, the plies comprising the segmented fiber tows comprising first unidirectional fibers oriented at zero degrees relative to the axis of curvature, and aligning the segmented fiber tows relative to the axis of curvature, the prepreg fiber plies comprising a central web portion and one of an inner leg portion and an outer leg portion, the central web portion comprising continuous fiber tows, and at least one of the inner leg portion and the outer leg portion comprising the segmented fiber tows, such that the laying up of the plies further comprises placing the segmented fiber tows in an end-to-end relationship, the segmented fiber tows comprising adjacent segments with ends staggered relative to each other, the segmented fiber tows positioned so that adjacent ends of adjacent segments in the inner leg portion comprise an overlap at the adjacent ends and adjacent segments in the outer leg portion comprise a gap at the adjacent ends, the flat stack also comprising a plurality of non-zero degree plies comprising second unidirectional fibers comprising non-zero fiber orientations relative to the axis of curvature wherein the plurality of non-zero degree plies form fiber ply segments in an overlapping relationship such that adjacent ply segments form a pie-shaped lap near the inner leg portion and a pie-shaped gap adjacent the outer leg portion such that at least one zero degree ply comprises a zero degree fiber orientation relative to the axis of curvature in the inner leg portion or the outer leg portion; andforming the at least one curved leg from the flat stack by forming one of the inner leg portion and the outer leg portion and the outer leg portion over a curved tool, the forming moving the adjacent ends comprising at least one of: the gap, and the overlap, to a substantially abutting position. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein placing the segmented fiber tows end-to-end includes maintaining the gap between the segmented fiber tows substantially constant. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein cutting the tows includes cutting the tows to form substantially constant length segmented fiber tows. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein cutting the tows includes cutting the tows to segmented fiber tows of varying lengths. 8. A method of fabricating a contoured composite structure, the method comprising: placing a flat composite charge on a mandrel, the flat composite charge comprising: unidirectional fiber tows aligned to zero degrees relative to an axis of curvature of the contoured composite structure;an outer leg portion;a central web portion; andan inner leg portion, the central web portion comprising continuous fiber tows, the inner leg portion and the outer leg portion each comprising segmented fiber tows in end-to-end configuration, the segmented fiber tows comprising adjacent segments with ends staggered relative to each other and positioned so that adjacent ends of the adjacent segments in the inner leg portion comprise an overlap, the flat composite charge also comprising a plurality of non-zero degree plies comprising unidirectional non-zero fiber orientations relative to the axis of curvature, the non-zero degree plies comprising fiber ply segments in an overlapping relationship such that adjacent ply segments form a pie-shaped lap near the inner leg portion and a pie-shaped gap adjacent the outer leg portion, such that at least one zero degree ply comprises a zero degree fiber orientation relative to the axis of curvature, the segmented fiber tows positioned so that adjacent ends of adjacent segments in the leg portion comprise at least one of: the overlap, and a gap at the adjacent ends; andusing the mandrel to form the charge into a pair of curved legs connected by a curved web, the forming moving the adjacent ends comprising at least one of: the gap, and the overlap to a substantially abutting position. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: stabilizing a position of the flat composite charge in preparation for forming by holding the flat composite charge between a tool and a surface on the mandrel. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein using the mandrel to form the flat composite charge comprises: using a tool to form the outer leg of the flat composite charge onto two surfaces on the mandrel. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein using the tool to form the outer leg of the flat composite charge comprises moving the tool relative to the mandrel using actuators. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein using the mandrel to form the flat composite charge comprises: holding the flat composite charge against the two surfaces, andforming the inner leg of the flat composite charge against another surface on the mandrel while the charge is being held. 13. The method of claim 8, further comprising heating areas of the flat composite charge prior to forming the flat composite charge. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein forming the inner leg of the flat composite charge comprises using forming aids to guide movement of the inner leg of the flat composite charge toward and onto the another surface of the mandrel. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the segmented tows having adjacent segments with ends staggered relative to each other are staggered in a random pattern. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the segmented tows having adjacent segments with ends staggered relative to each other in a staggered pattern in which a meeting of adjacent ends occurs at successively greater distances from an end portion of the web. 17. The method of claim 1, further comprising an outer leg portion comprising segmented tows positioned such that a gap separates adjacent ends of the segmented tows.
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