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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Craig Greenberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven Donald Blanchard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Joseph Frank Floyd, University Place, WA (US);
Brent Louis Hadley, Kent, WA (US);
Lawrence S. Lindgren, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig Greenberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven Donald Blanchard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Joseph Frank Floyd, University Place, WA (US);
Brent Louis Hadley, Kent, WA (US);
Lawrence S. Lindgren, Redmond, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
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.