US Patent:
20020134816, Sep 26, 2002
Inventors:
Xiao Chen - Peoria IL, US
Yi Dong - Peoria IL, US
Edward Martin - Decatur IL, US
Zhishang Yang - Dunlap IL, US
Wayne Tanner - Chicago IL, US
International Classification:
B23K031/12
B23K031/02
B21D039/00
US Classification:
228/103000, 228/173100, 228/212000
Abstract:
A method for designing a weld fixture. The method includes modeling a set of distortions produced by applied mechanical forces on a material to be welded, modeling a set of distortions produced by applied thermal forces on the material to be welded, determining a set of reaction forces at a series of locations on a simulated weld fixture as a function of the modeled distortions, and designing a weld fixture as a function of the set of reaction forces.