Multidisciplinary design and optimization of a composite wing box

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Hasan, Muvaffak
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In this study an automated multidisciplinary design optimization code is developed for the minimum weight design of a composite wing box. The multidisciplinary static strength, aeroelastic stability, and manufacturing requirements are simultaneously addressed in a global optimization environment through a genetic search algorithm. The static strength requirements include obtaining positive margins of safety for all the structural parts. The modified engineering bending theory together with the coarse finite element model methodology is utilized to determine the stress distribution. The nonlinear effects, stemming from load redistribution in the structure after buckling occurs, are also taken into account. The buckling analysis is based on the Rayleigh-Ritz method and the Gerard method is used for the crippling analysis. The aeroelastic stability requirements include obtaining a flutter/divergence free wing box with a prescribed damping level. The root locus method is used for aeroelastic stability analysis. The unsteady aerodynamic loads in the Laplace domain are obtained from their counterparts in the frequency domain by using Rogers rational function approximations. The outer geometry of the wing is assumed fixed and the design variables included physical properties like thicknesses, cross sectional dimensions, the number of plies and their corresponding orientation angles. The developed code, which utilizes MSC/NASTRAN® as a finite element solver, is used to design a single cell, wing box with internal metallic substructure and composite skins.
Wings, Airplanes
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13478
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. Hasan, “Multidisciplinary design and optimization of a composite wing box,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2003.
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