The Boeing Company
Method for manufacturing aircraft components optimized for flight and system and method for their design

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing. The method includes receiving, by a processor, image data of a first aircraft component subjected to an airflow. A plurality of tufts has been attached to the aircraft component. The method also includes classifying, by the processor, the plurality of tufts into a first set of separated tufts and a second set of attached tufts to form a classification output. The method also includes manufacturing a second aircraft component or reconfiguring the first aircraft component based on a design change to the first aircraft component that results from an aerodynamic analysis of the classification output.