METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENT

원문 (중국어)

A method and system for designing a structural element for an aircraft includes defining a structural element, the structural element including a composite structure and a candidate interwoven wire fabric, wherein the candidate interwoven wire fabric forms a conductive pathway in the structural element. This may include generating a computer model of the composite structure; generating a computer model of the candidate interwoven wire fabric; forming a virtual prototype of the structural element including the composite structure and candidate interwoven wire fabric integrated therein; simulating, via a finite element model, a direct current injection event into the virtual prototype; determining an expected conductive pathway; identifying a risk associated with the expected conductive pathway in the virtual prototype; and implementing, as the structural element, the composite structure and the candidate interwoven wire fabric when the risk is less than a threshold risk.