Optimal design of composite wing structures with blended laminates

Collection of Technical Papers - 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 603-615

  Seresta, Omprakash ^a   Gürdal, Zafer ^b,c   Adams, David B ^a   Watson, Layne T ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

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

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; WINGS;

BLENDED LAMINATES; BLENDING CONSTRAINTS; COMPOSITE WING STRUCTURES; WINGBOX DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

LAMINATES;

EID: 20344405233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-4349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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