Novel Wing Box Design

Abstract:

Composite materials offer the possibility to tailor a structure to have the desired stiffness distribution. Current aircraft design is yet to fully utilise and exploit these capabilities to improve an aircraft’s performance. In this study, a typical wing box structure is optimised with the aim of achieving a set of target aeroelastic parameters, while minimizing the mass. Focus is given to the model parameterisation to reduce the number of optimisation variables. A number of design variables will be considered and conclusions are drawn based on performance gains. Keywords: Optimisation, Aeroelasticity, Composites, NURBS.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 553)
• Pages: 243-248
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.553.243
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Joy Della El Tom, Gareth A. Vio*
• Keywords: Aeroelasticity, Composite, NURBS, Optimization

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