Aeroelastic topology optimization of membrane structures for micro air vehicles

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-316

  Stanford, Bret ^a   Ifju, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic membrane wing; Micro air vehicle; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS; MEMBRANES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; WINGS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AEROELASTIC MEMBRANE WINGS; AEROELASTIC OPTIMIZATION; AEROELASTIC TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 77950571972     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0292-x     Document Type: Article

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