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Automated preliminary design of simplified wing structures to satisfy strength and flutter requirements
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stein, M. Dexter, C. B. Stroud, W. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Description | A simple structural model of an aircraft wing is used to show the effects of strength (stress) and flutter requirements on the design of minimum-weight aircraft-wing structures. The wing is idealized as an isotropic sandwich plate with a variable cover thickness distribution and a variable depth between covers. Plate theory is used for the structural analysis, and piston theory is used for the unsteady aerodynamics in the flutter analysis. Mathematical programming techniques are used to find the minimum-weight cover thickness distribution which satisfies flutter, strength, and minimum-gage constraints. The method of solution, some sample results, and the computer program used to obtain these results are presented. The results indicate that the cover thickness distribution obtained when designing for the strength requirement alone may be quite different from the cover thickness distribution obtained when designing for either the flutter requirement alone or for both the strength and flutter requirements concurrently. This conclusion emphasizes the need for designing for both flutter and strength from the outset. |
| File Size | 5235999 |
| Page Count | 140 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19720006238 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2v45gt0x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1972-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Stresses Structural Design Unsteady Aerodynamics Mechanical Properties Mathematical Models Flutter Analysis Nonlinear Programming Aircraft Structures Rigid Wings Computer Aided Design Optimization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |