Numerical Simulation of Aircraft Assembly Process with Presence of Sealant 2021-01-0001
Sealant is applied between joined aircraft parts in the final stage of the assembly, before installation of permanent fasteners. In this paper a novel approach for aircraft assembly simulation is suggested, which allows to resolve the transient interaction between parts and sealant in the course of airframe assembly process. The simulation incorporates such phenomena as compliance of parts, contact interaction between them and fluidity of sealant with presence of free surface. The approach based on fluid-structure interaction techniques consists of two basic steps: at the first one the pressure of sealant is found after corresponding fluid dynamics problem is solved and at the second the displacements of parts and sealant are calculated through the solving of contact problem. Iterations between structural and fluid dynamics solvers are performed to achieve convergence. The developed approach is demonstrated on example of joining of two test aircraft panels. The viscosity of sealant was selected based on available experimental data. The results of simulations show how such parameters as fastening force and sealant layer thickness affect the assembly process.
Citation: Eliseev, A., Lupuleac, S., Grigor'ev, B., Shinder, J. et al., "Numerical Simulation of Aircraft Assembly Process with Presence of Sealant," SAE Int. J. Adv. & Curr. Prac. in Mobility 3(3):1137-1145, 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-01-0001. Download Citation
Author(s):
Artem Eliseev, Sergey Lupuleac, Boris Grigor'ev, Julia Shinder, Jacques Bouriquet
Affiliated:
St. Petersburg Politechnic University, Airbus France
Pages: 8
Event:
AeroTech® Digital Summit
e-ISSN:
2641-9645
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility-V130-99EJ
Related Topics:
Assembling
Computer simulation
Joining
Adhesives and sealants
Aircraft
Fastening
Fasteners
Parts
Simulation and modeling
Airframes
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