Design-oriented analysis of aircraft fuselage structures using equivalent plate methodology

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Giles, Gary L ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Systems Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WINGS;

EQUIVALENT LAMINATED PLATE SOLUTION (ELAPS); SOFTWARE PACKAGE ELAPS; WING ANALYSIS METHOD;

FUSELAGES;

EID: 0032759298     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2441     Document Type: Article

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