Stiffness and Strength-Based Concurrent Shape and Fiber Path Optimization of Continuous Fiber Composites

Authors

• Zhelong He, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Ali Tamijani, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Aerospace Engineering

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

4-4-2024

Abstract/Description

A computer-implemented method of optimizing a computer model including a shape and a fiber path for a continuous fiber composite can include initializing a fixed finite element mesh. The method can also include creating an updated version of the shape and the fiber path by iterating updates of the shape and the fiber path using the fixed finite element mesh. The method can also include initializing an adapted finite element mesh on the updated version of the shape and the fiber path. The method can also include creating an optimized version of the shape and the fiber path by iterating optimizations of the shape and the fiber path using the adapted finite element mesh. The method can also include generating a specified design of the continuous fiber composite using the optimized version of the shape and the fiber path.

Patent Number

WO 2024/073152 A2

Date of Patent

4-4-2024

Assignee

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Application Number

PCT/US2023/063796

Date Filed

3-6-2023

Scholarly Commons Citation

He, Z., & Tamijani, A. (2024). Stiffness and strength-based concurrent shape and fiber path optimization of continuous fiber composites (WO Patent No. 2024/073152 A2). World Intellectual Property Organization.