The optimisation of wing structures - Theory or practice?

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-8

  Butler, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WINGS;

WING STRUCTURES; AEROELASTIC RESPONSE; WING DESIGN;

WINGS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031700314     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022669810196000     Document Type: Article

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