Passive load alleviation in the design of a strut-braced wing transonic transport aircraft

8th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Gern, Frank H ^a   Ko, Andy ^a   Sulaeman, Erwin ^a   Kapania, Rakesh K ^a   Mason, William H ^a   Grossman, Bernard ^a   Haftka, Raphael T ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AIDS; ENGINES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FUSELAGES; STRUTS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AEROELASTIC DEFORMATION; AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; AIRCRAFT DESIGN; DESIGN TOOL; LOAD ALLEVIATION; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; STRUT-BRACED WING; TRANSONIC TRANSPORT;

SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

EID: 85088721276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-4826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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