Aeroelastic tailoring of composite wing structures by laminate layup optimization

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3146-3150

  Guo, Shijun ^a,c,d   Cheng, Wenyuan ^b,e   Cui, Degang ^b,e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Department of Aeronautical Science and Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC TAILORING; COMPOSITE WING; LAMINATE LAYUP; TAPER RATIO;

AERODYNAMICS; BENDING (FORMING); FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; TORSIONAL STRESS;

WINGS;

EID: 33846107321     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20166     Document Type: Article

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