A thin tailored composite wing box for a civil tiltrotor transport aircraft

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

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 531-541

  Brunson, S L ^a   Rais Rohanit, M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; DESIGN; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STRINGERS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; WINGS; AIRCRAFT; BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAGES; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONTINUOUS DESIGN VARIABLES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DISCRETE DESIGN VARIABLES; FEASIBLE DIRECTIONS; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION; PLY ORIENTATION ANGLE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WINGS;

CIVIL TILTROTOR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; MAXIMUM THICKNESS TO CHORD RATIO; PLY ORIENTATION; WING BOX;

EID: 0029722791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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