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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Shoreline, WA (US);
Troy Winfree, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of determining tow path surfaces associated with manufacturing a composite ply includes computing, from an initial tow path surface, a projected tow path surface corresponding to a projection of the initial tow path surface onto a layup surface. The method also includes determining, for particular start and end points, edge lengths of opposing sides of the projected tow path surface. The method further includes comparing a difference between the edge lengths of the opposing sides to a threshold, to determine if the amount of curvature along the projected tow path surface is acceptable.