Aeroelastic Considerations in the Preliminary Design Aircraft

Abstract

This publication contains the papers presented at the SMP Spring 1983 Specialists Meeting on Aeroelastic Consideration in the Preliminary Design of Aircraft. Current aerospace design trends which involve the increasing application of composite structures have forced the use of large-scale structural analysis at an early design stage; at the same time structural optimization and aeroelastic tailoring are becoming practical tools for shaping the initial project. Whilst the potential for designing minimum weight structures which deform beneficially under load exists, the hazards of extracting energy from the airstream and generating unfavorable deformations and aeroelastic instabilities must also be recognized. These papers review trends in aeroelastic analysis, aeroelastic tailoring, structural optimization and flutter optimization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA133981

Entities

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fuselages
  • Mathematical Models
  • Spars
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space