Representation-based hybrid model

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10929971-B2
Application number	US-201816223503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Dec 21, 2017
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

The disclosure describes a method by a controller that includes: executing a model of a material based on a geometric template of the material defined by geometric parameters and at least one geometric constraint of the material; determining a value of an objective function based on differences between a three-dimensional representation of the material based on measurements of the material and the model of the material based on the geometric template of the material; and determining updated values of the geometric parameters of the geometric template. The method further includes iterating the executing the model of the material, the determining the value of the objective function, and the determining the updated values of the geometric parameters until a parameter associated with the objective function satisfies a criterion and, outputting the updated values of the geometric parameters associated with the objective function that satisfies the criterion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
executing, by a controller, a model of a material based on a geometric template of the material defined by geometric parameters and at least one geometric constraint of the material, wherein the material comprises at least two physical domains;
determining, by the controller, a value of an objective function based on differences between a three-dimensional representation of the material based on measurements of the material and the model of the material based on the geometric template of the material, wherein the differences between the three-dimensional representation and the model are determined by, for each of a plurality of controls points of the material:
determining respective representation coordinates for each data point of a set of data points of the three-dimensional representation corresponding to the control point of the material;
determining respective model coordinates for each data point of a set of data points of the model corresponding to the control point of the material; and
determining respective differences between the respective representation coordinates of the three-dimensional representation and the respective model coordinates of the model;

determining, by the controller, updated values of the geometric parameters of the geometric template;
iterating, by the controller, the executing the model of the material, the determining the value of the objective function, and the determining the updated values of the geometric parameters until a parameter associated with the objective function satisfies a criterion; and
outputting, by the controller and in response to the parameter associated with the objective function satisfying the criterion, the updated values of the geometric parameters associated with the objective function that satisfies the criterion.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing, by the controller, a hybrid model of the material based on the updated values of the geometric parameters; and
determining, by the controller, whether the material is within a dimensional tolerance based on the hybrid model of the material.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining, by the controller and in response to determining that the material is within the dimensional tolerance, at least one machining path of a component fabrication device associated with the material based on the hybrid model of the material; and
machining, by the component fabrication device, a component comprising the material based on the at least one machining path.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
accepting, in response to determining the material is within the dimensional tolerance, the material; and
rejecting, in response to determining the material is not within the dimensional tolerance, the material.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one data point of the set of data points of the three-dimensional representation and at least one data point of the set of data points of the model corresponds to a boundary of the material.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the objective function is represented by the following equation:

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wherein x i represents the geometric parameters, O(x i ) represents the value of the objective function, n represents a number of the three-dimensional representation, j represents an initial value, I j represents the data points of the three-dimensional representation, and T j represents the corresponding data points of the model.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the material includes at least one defect, wherein the geometric template comprises a geometric template for the at least one defect, wherein the model comprises a model of the at least one defect, and further comprising:
identifying, by the controller, the at least one defect from the three-dimensional representation of the material;
selecting, by the controller, the geometric template of the at least one defect; and
classifying, by the controller, a severity of the at least one defect based on the updated geometric parameters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional representation of the material comprises at least one of x-ray computed tomography (CT) scan images, ultrasound CT scan images, ultrasound transmission tomography scan images, neutron tomography scan images, terahertz tomography scan images, and infrared images.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises at least one of a woven material, a rigidized ceramic preform, and ceramic matrix composite component.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one geometric constraint comprises at least one of a dimension, a control point, a boundary, or an orientation of a physical domain of the material.

11. A system, comprising:
a controller configured to:
execute a model of a material based on a geometric template of the material defined by geometric parameters and at least one geometric constraint of the material, wherein the material comprises at least two physical domains;
determine a value of an objective function based on differences between a three-dimensional representation of the material based on measurements of the material and the model of the material based on the geometric template of the material, wherein the differences between the three-dimensional representation and the model are determined by, for each of a plurality of controls points of the material:
determining respective representation coordinates for each data point of a set of data points of the three-dimensional representation corresponding to the control point of the material;
determining respective model coordinates for each data point of a set of data points of the model corresponding to the control point of the material; and
determining respective differences between the respective representation coordinates of the three-dimensional representation and the respective model coordinates of the model;

determine updated values of the geometric parameters of the geometric template;
iterate the execute the model of the material, the determine the value of the objective function, and the determine the updated values of the geometric parameters until a parameter associated with the objective function satisfies a criterion; and
output, in response to the parameter associated with the objective function satisfying the criterion, the updated values of the geometric parameters associated with the objective function that satisfies the criterion.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
execute a hybrid model of the material based on the updated values of the geometric paramete

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Corp

Inventors

• Ritchey Andrew James
• Ma Kong
• Henderkott Joseph Peter
• Glavicic Michael George

Classifications

• G06T7/001 Primary

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• G06T2207/10081

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• G06T7/60

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