Aeroelastic Tailoring of Composite Aircraft

Doctoral thesis (2020)

Authors

M. Natella Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics - Aerospace Engineering
Research Group
Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 M. Natella
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:48af4e9b-1487-4402-a1aa-19e302b0eb97
Structural design Stiffness optimization Aeroelastic tailoring
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Structures & Materials

Research Group

Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics

Abstract

The process of designing an aircraft is generally divided in three phases, namely the conceptual, preliminary and detailed. The whole process is one that involves various disciplines and is subject to multiple constraints. Traditionally the different aspects of the design process are tackled separately by different departments within a company. This approach assumes that there is little to no interaction between the various disciplines. The use of composite materials for aircraft structures has challenged this traditional approach on the account that the interaction between the relevant disciplines within aircraft design and optimization cannot be neglected as easily.