23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-R62

CALCULATING THE COST OF A CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FROM WITHIN A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL

D. A. Barlow (1), M. L. Scott (2), G. Clayton (1)
(1) Hawker de Havilland, Victoria, Australia; (2) RMIT University, Australia

Keywords: cost estimate, carbon fibre composite, finite element model

Work has been undertaken to incorporate a process flow based, cost estimation model from within a finite element analysis package. The cost model extracts its cost driver variables from the finite element model to produce a rapid cost estimate, adequate for trade study purposes.

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