Developing customized wing weight function by structural optimization on parallel computers

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 113-125

  Balabanov, V ^a   Kaufman, M ^a   Giunta, A A ^a   Haftkat, Raphael T ^b   Grossman, B ^c   Mason, W H ^c   Watson, L T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; WINGS;

CUSTOMIZED WEIGHTS; HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORTS; PARALLEL COMPUTER; PARALLELIZATIONS; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELING;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

CUSTOMIZED WEIGHT FUNCTION; HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0029712939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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