Accurate finite element modeling (FEM) is a vital part of the modern aircraft design process. As aircraft become increasingly complex, the time-consuming nature of detailed FEM approaches comes at a significant cost to program timeline and budget. In an effort produce modeling efforts that are sufficiently accurate and minimally costly, a proposed FEM approach and optimization scheme for a composite aircraft is explored, including a discussion of the manufacturing constraints of a highly tailored composite panel design. A high-fidelity structural model of a transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) is generated, and the components are sized by structural optimization to satisfy buckling and strength constraints while subjected to critical maneuver loads. The structural modeling approaches and sizing of a TTBW are discussed, including details for FEM approaches, verification of an approximated FEM approach, a sizing optimization using the optimization software LS-OPT, and a manufacturing trial of integrally stiffened composite panels conducted to explore the validity of highly tailored composites as a design consideration. The results of study discussed herein indicate that the proposed FEM approach is suitable for modeling composite-construction aircraft and for use in sizing optimization. Further efforts regarding integrally stiffened composite panels will indicate the suitability of this method for the integration of highly tailored composite panels into the design and optimization process, given the manufacturability of such panels as shown here.


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    Title :

    Structural Sizing of a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing


    Contributors:
    Erin Anderson (author) / Alana Cardona (author) / Brian Mason (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech Forum ; 2023 ; National Harbor, MD, US


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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