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An airplane is an integrated assembly of several sections including the wings, body, tailcone, stabilizer, flap, etc.... Each section consists of several frame assemblies and a skin cover.
Functional tolerancing on this set of components is a very delicate and difficult task Assembly is made from a high numbers of different parts with 3D complex shapes and the different functional requirements from design and manufacturing that these assemblies should respect are various. However functional tolerancing is the best way to lower production cost in a concurrent engineering policy. Therefore in order to manage functional tolerancing on aircraft assemblies, computer help is needed This computer help starts today to be found on the CAD market under the name of Computer Aided Tolerancing Systems (CATS). These systems could provide a useful help for “classical” mechanical tolerance management.
Unfortunately, due to the complexity and the specificity of the aircraft assembly they are not yet able to perform functional tolerancing on aircraft assemblies.
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Marguet, B., Mathieu, L. (1998). Tolerancing Problems for Aircraft Industries. In: ElMaraghy, H.A. (eds) Geometric Design Tolerancing: Theories, Standards and Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5797-5_33
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