| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N20447/01 |
| Title: |
QUALITY SURFACE WRAPPING FOR MANUFACTURE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ball, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 December 2000 |
Ends: |
31 March 2004 |
Value (£): |
120,967
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
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Many manufacturing processes involve wrapping a sheet of material over a surface. The shape of the surface, the material properties of the sheet and the method of wrapping are all factors in the modelling. We shall confine our attention to wrapping proceses where there is essentially free movement of the sheet, with only bending and minimal strains as the sheet is smoothed over the surface.There is a tacit assumption that wrapping and unwrapping are, predominantly, geometric operations. They are modelled as isometric mappings with distortions that are expected to be relatively small. For developable surfaces there is no distortion and the operations are purely geometric. otherwise the distortion needs to be minimised by criteria compatible with the material properties of the sheet and the form of the manufacturing process.A selection of case studies provided by the industrial partners will be used to optimise the geometric algorithms. Consideration can then be given to refining surface shape to facilitate wrapping and to improve the quality of manufacture.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |