Design optimization framework for tiltrotor composite wings considering whirl flutter stability

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-267

  Park, Jae Sang ^a   Jung, Sung Nam ^a   Lee, Myeong Kyu ^b   Kim, Jai Moo ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. Laminates; B. Mechanical properties; C. Computational modeling; C. Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

A. LAMINATES; AEROELASTIC STABILITY; AEROSPACE RESEARCH; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; BEAM CROSS-SECTION; C. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; C. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE WING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CROSS-SECTION MODELS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; DESIGN FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; GRADIENT BASED; LOAD ANALYSIS; MULTI-BODY; NON-LINEAR CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZERS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL WEIGHT; TILT ROTOR; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHIRL FLUTTER; WHIRL-FLUTTER STABILITY; WING LOADING; WING STRUCTURES;

CURRICULA; DESIGN; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MATLAB; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951207185     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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