HCDstruct is a Matlab® based software tool to rapidly build a finite element model for structural optimization of hybrid wing body (HWB) aircraft at the conceptual design level. The tool uses outputs from a Flight Optimization System (FLOPS) performance analysis together with a conceptual outer mold line of the vehicle, e.g. created by Vehicle Sketch Pad (VSP), to generate a set of MSC Nastran® bulk data files. These files can readily be used to perform a structural optimization and weight estimation using Nastran’s® Solution 200 multidisciplinary optimization solver. Initially developed at NASA Langley Research Center to perform increased fidelity conceptual level HWB centerbody structural analyses, HCDstruct has grown into a complete HWB structural sizing and weight estimation tool, including a fully flexible aeroelastic loads analysis. Recent upgrades to the tool include the expansion to a full wing tip-to-wing tip model for asymmetric analyses like engine out conditions and dynamic overswings, as well as a fully actuated trailing edge, featuring up to 15 independently actuated control surfaces and twin tails. Several example applications of the HCDstruct tool are presented.
Update on HCDstruct - A Tool for Hybrid Wing Body Conceptual Design and Structural Optimization
2015
14 pages
Report
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English
Aircraft , Test Facilities & Equipment , Fluid Mechanics , Aircraft design , Finite element method , Flight optimization , Mathematical models , Computer programs , Design analysis , Matrix methods , Structural analysis , Wing planforms , Computational fluid dynamics , Body-wing configurations , Aerodynamic loads
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