26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-6.10.3

AUTOMATING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SHEET RIBS USING KNOWLEDGE BASED ENG. TECHNIQUES

T. van der Laan, B. Vermeulen, F. van Dalen
Stork Fokker AESP, NL

Keywords: Knowledge Based Engineering, Aircraft ribs, CAD automation

The development process of KBE tools that speed up the engineering process for thermoplastic ribs is presented. The use of the resulting tools is analyzed in an industrial environment, where they are used to design the ribs of an elevator and rudder of a business jet.

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