Structural optimization of joined-wing beam model with bend-twist coupling using equivalent static loads

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Green, Nicholas S ^a   Canfield, Robert A ^b   Swenson, Eric D ^a   Yu, Wenbin ^c   Blair, Maxwell ^d  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM ELEMENTS; BEAM MODEL; BEAM THEORIES; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EQUIVALENT STATIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GEOMETRICALLY EXACT; GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR; JOINED-WING AIRCRAFT; LOAD VECTORS; NODAL DISPLACEMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SMALL STRAINS; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MERGING; MODEL STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84855617248     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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