Composite structures have shown a prominent impact in the aircraft structural design. With an increasing shift towards incorporating more composite materials in the primary aircraft structure it is imperative to have corresponding design tools to simplify the design process. In the present work, a simplified implementation for composite optimization has been developed within the DLR-AE (German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Aeroelasticity) automated aeroelastic structural design framework cpacs-MONA. This paper presents the results of structural optimization of a high aspect ratio composite wing aircraft model developed in the DLR project ATLAs. The generation of almost all involved simulation models for this study is done using the in-house DLR tool ModGen. An aeroelastic trim analysis is conducted for various manoeuvre and gust conditions. A load selection process is used to determine the most relevant sizing load cases. A comparison is made between the optimization results of a composite wing and an aluminium wing to demonstrate the more favourable strength to weight ratio of the composite wing. A manoeuvre load alleviation procedure has been introduced in the load calculation process. The results show further weight savings in the design process when load alleviation is utilized due to reduction in the span wise bending moment.


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    Titel :

    Loads analysis and structural optimization of a high aspect ratio, composite wing aircraft


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    CEAS Aeronaut J


    Beteiligte:
    Sinha, Kautuk (Autor:in) / Klimmek, Thomas (Autor:in) / Schulze, Matthias (Autor:in) / Handojo, Vega (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    CEAS Aeronautical Journal ; 12 , 2 ; 233-243


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-04-01


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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