New Airbus Software Simulates Riveting
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – Airbus is collaborating with Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) to develop ASRP (Assembly Simulation of Riveting Process) software. ASRP is said to be the only computer code developed by the university that is officially deployed in Airbus.
Speeding-up the airframe assembly process is important for Airbus, which has partnered with Polytech University in Saint Petersburg for more than a decade to help solve this issue.
“The main challenge for simulation of the assembly process was about solving the contact problem for determination of deformed stress state of the assembly exerted by the forces generated by fastening elements,” the university stated. “The standard commercial FEM codes were not of a high value so far due to complexity of the issue and a large number of unknowns.”
Experts from Virtual Modeling Lab of Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics SPbPU developed a mathematical model combining dimension reduction with state-of-the-art optimization algorithms implemented in computer code, which has established SPbPU as a specialized laboratory.
ASRP now has TRL6 grade, which stands for Technology Readiness Level, a designation developed by NASA.
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