Engineered-Based Machining Parameters Analysis for Aircraft Structural Parts

Abstract

Modern aircraft structures need to be further integrated and parts to be enlarged, the structural parts which require high accuracy of size, shape, and good deformed surface finish, so digital machining process has become key technology in aviation industry. Machining parameters selection is an important phase of machining process, it has very important influence on the dimensional quality of an aircraft structural part. This paper develops a methodology to get an optimal machining parameters in an aircraft structural part machining process, which can satisfies the quality specifications and minimizes the expected value of the sum of machining costs at the same time. An engineered-based model is adopted to describe the machining process of aircraft structural part firstly and then a quantitative machining parameter evaluation methods driven by cost constraint is proposed, an optimal machining parameter is obtained through a computer experiment model which can explore a large number of machining process parameter alternatives. At last, we illustrate the validity and the significance of the engineered-based machining parameters analysis method for aircraft structural parts by a case study. The results have shown that the proposed method could significantly increase the efficiency of aircraft structural parts machining process.