Minimum cost and weight design of fuselage frames. Part B: Cost considerations, optimization, and results

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 895-904

  Kassapoglou, Christos ^a  

^a SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FUSELAGES; MACHINING; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; SHEET METAL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRANSFER MOLDING;

FUSELAGE FRAMES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032650449     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00191-2     Document Type: Article

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