Integration of Thermal Effects into Tolerancing Using Skin Model Shapes

Abstract

The integration of more physical properties into the Skin model is fundamental for extending the tolerancing process to the different phases of the product lifecycle. This paper presents a study of the deformation effects on the Skin model provoked by the thermal and working environment of the workpiece. The proposed methodology departs from the Skin model at room temperature, and generates Skin Model Shapes by performing a Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The simulation tool has been successfully tested in the study of a practical industrial application, a gas turbine blade, which combines many of the nowadays challenges of CAD, FEA and CAT.