Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing

Effects of aspect ratio, sweep angle, and stacking sequence of laminated composites were studied to find the optimized configuration of an aeroelastically tailored composite wing idealized as a flat plate in terms of flutter speed. The aeroelastic analysis has been carried out in frequency-domain...

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Main Author: Attaran, Abdolhamid
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/1/FK_2007_31.pdf
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description Effects of aspect ratio, sweep angle, and stacking sequence of laminated composites were studied to find the optimized configuration of an aeroelastically tailored composite wing idealized as a flat plate in terms of flutter speed. The aeroelastic analysis has been carried out in frequency-domain. The modal approach in conjunction with Doublet-lattice Method (DLM) has been opted for structural and unsteady aerodynamic analysis, respectively. The interpolation between aerodynamic boxes and structural nodes has been done using surface spline. To study the effect of stacking sequence the classical lamination theory (CLT) has been chosen. The parametric studies showed the effective ply orientation angle to be somewhere between 15 and 30 degree, while the plates with lower aspect ratio seems to have higher flutter speed. Forward-swept configurations show higher flutter speed, yet imposed by divergence constraint.
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spelling upm-52222015-08-06T04:43:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/ Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing Attaran, Abdolhamid Effects of aspect ratio, sweep angle, and stacking sequence of laminated composites were studied to find the optimized configuration of an aeroelastically tailored composite wing idealized as a flat plate in terms of flutter speed. The aeroelastic analysis has been carried out in frequency-domain. The modal approach in conjunction with Doublet-lattice Method (DLM) has been opted for structural and unsteady aerodynamic analysis, respectively. The interpolation between aerodynamic boxes and structural nodes has been done using surface spline. To study the effect of stacking sequence the classical lamination theory (CLT) has been chosen. The parametric studies showed the effective ply orientation angle to be somewhere between 15 and 30 degree, while the plates with lower aspect ratio seems to have higher flutter speed. Forward-swept configurations show higher flutter speed, yet imposed by divergence constraint. 2007 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/1/FK_2007_31.pdf Attaran, Abdolhamid (2007) Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
spellingShingle Attaran, Abdolhamid
Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title_full Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title_fullStr Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title_full_unstemmed Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title_short Structural Optimization of an Aeroelastically Tailored Composite Wing
title_sort structural optimization of an aeroelastically tailored composite wing
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5222/1/FK_2007_31.pdf