Aeroelastic optimization of an aerobatic aircraft wing structure

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 396-404

  Guo, Shijun ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic tailoring; Composite wing box; Laminate layup; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WINGS;

AEROELASTIC TAILORING; COMPOSITE WING BOX; LAMINATE LAYUP; WING BOX MODEL;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34249280594     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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