The quest for finding optimum solutions to engineering problems has been existing for a long time. In the last decade several optimization techniques have been applied to the structural design of composite wing structures. Generally many of these proposed procedures have dealt with different disciplines such as aerodynamics, structures, or dynamics separately. However an aeronautical design process is multidisciplinary since it involves strong couplings and interactions among, for instance, aerodynamics, dynamics, flight mechanics and structures. The main problem in a multidisciplinary aircraft design is usually the development of an efficient method to integrate structures or structural properties, which can be considered both as 'global' and 'local' design variables. This paper describes an integrated aerodynamic / dynamic / structural optimization procedure for a composite wing-box design. The procedure combines an aeroelastic optimization of a composite wing based on a general purpose optimizer such as the Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) and a composite optimization using Genetic Algorithm (GA). Both the optimizations are implemented through a hybrid multilevel decomposition technique.
A hybrid multilevel approach for aeroelastic optimization of composite wing-box
Eine hybride Mehrniveau-Näherung für die aeroelastische Optimierung von Flügelmittelkasten
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization ; 39 , 6 ; 607-624
2009
18 Seiten, 22 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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