Multi-objective optimization method for automatic drilling and riveting sequence planning

Hong Xiao, Yuan Li, Kaifu Zhang, Jianfeng Yu, Zhenxing Liu, Jianbin Su

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Abstract

There are numerous riveting points on the large-sized aircraft panel, irregular row of riveting points on delta wing. It is essential to plan the riveting sequence reasonably to improve the efficiency and accuracy of automatic drilling and riveting. Therefore, this article presents a new multi-objective optimization method based on ant colony optimization (ACO). Multi-objective optimization model of automatic drilling and riveting sequence planning is built by expressing the efficiency and accuracy of riveting as functions of the points' coordinates. In order to search the sequences efficiently and improve the quality of the sequences, a new local pheromone updating rule is applied when the ants search sequences. Pareto dominance is incorporated into the proposed ACO to find out the non-dominated sequences. This method is tested on a hyperbolicity panel model of ARJ21 and the result shows its feasibility and superiority compared with particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)734-742
Number of pages9
JournalChinese Journal of Aeronautics
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

Keywords

  • ant colony optimization
  • automatic drilling and riveting
  • multi-objective optimization
  • Pareto-optimal solutions
  • riveting sequence

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