Multi-disciplinary design approach and structural sizingon composite wing

Y. Hirano, J. Katsumi, Tomonaga Okabe, Keisuke Sawada

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Abstract

This paper discusses an aircraft design approach which enables to achieve requirements of aerodynamic property and structural efficiency. Focusing on a composite wing design problem, a multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) maximizing aerodynamic properties and structural efficiency is executed to obtain non-dominated solutions. This MDO method complies of low-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural analysis. Then, structural sizing is performed for typical result of non-dominated solutions to obtain optimized structural design minimizing weight such as laminate thickness, stacking sequence, stringer spacing, stringer height, and so on. Visualizing the distribution of extracted dominant failure mode for each structural element with Self Organizing Map (SOM), the correlation between aerodynamic shape and sizing result is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the American Society for Composites - 29th Technical Conference, ASC 2014; 16th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials; ASTM-D30 Meeting
PublisherDEStech Publications
ISBN (Electronic)9781605951249
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event29th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, ASC 2014; 16th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials; ASTM-D30 Meeting - La Jolla, San Diego, United States
Duration: 2014 Sept 82014 Sept 10

Other

Other29th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, ASC 2014; 16th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials; ASTM-D30 Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLa Jolla, San Diego
Period14/9/814/9/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites

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