A hybrid multilevel approach for aeroelastic optimization of composite wing-box

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-624

  Gasbarri, Paolo ^a   Chiwiacowsky, Leonardo D ^b   De Campos Velho, Haroldo F ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Composite structures; Genetic algorithm; Multilevel optimization; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC OPTIMIZATION; AERONAUTICAL DESIGN; BOX DESIGNS; COMPOSITE OPTIMIZATION; COMPOSITE WING; DESIGN VARIABLES; EFFICIENT METHOD; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; FLIGHT MECHANICS; GENERAL-PURPOSE OPTIMIZER; MULTIDISCIPLINARY AIRCRAFT DESIGN; MULTILEVEL APPROACH; MULTILEVEL DECOMPOSITION; MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRONG COUPLING;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WINGS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70449529635     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0429-6     Document Type: Article

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