ICAM 'Manufacturing Cost/Design Guide' (MC/DG). Volume 1. Demonstration Sections
Abstract
The purpose of the 'Manufacturing Cost/Design Guide' (MC/DG) is to enable airframe designers to achieve lowest cost by conducting trade-offs between manufacturing cost and other design factors. When fully developed, the MC/DG will enable designers, at all levels of the design process, to perform quick, simple, cost-trade comparisons of manufacturing processes and structural performance/cost trade-offs on airframe components and subassemblies in metallic and composite materials. To accelerate technology transfer, potential cost saving opportunities offered by emerging materials and manufacturing technologies will be indicated in the MC/DG. Volume I of this report reviews the data development for each of these manufacturing technologies. A family of sheet-metal parts was studied. These represent typical stiffeners, stringers, doublers, frames, ribs, webs, skins, fairings, and brackets each produced by a number of manufacturing processes, such as brake forming, rubber press, Buffalo roll, etc. The materials studied were aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, and steel. The data are presented in the series of formats showing cost-driver effects (CDE) and cost-estimating data (CED) and have been tested and evaluated using various fuselage designs in titanium, aluminum, and graphite/epoxy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADB058565
Entities
People
- Bryan R. Noton
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute