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The application of geometric programming to the structural design of aircraft wings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. B. Snell  and
P. Bartholomew
M. B. Snell
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and StudiesRAE, Farnborough
P. Bartholomew
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and StudiesRAE, Farnborough
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Summary

The technique of geometric programming is applied to the design of optimum aircraft wings in the multi-spar monolithic skin configuration. Both flat and corrugated web systems are considered and design examples are given based on contemporary wing data. The present report is confined to the consideration of minimum weight design of metallic structure and the constraints are those which arise naturally from consideration of allowable stress, buckling and in some instances geometric limitations on the layout. Most of the problems solved give rise to closed form solutions while more complex problems are readily solved by computer program.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 86 , Issue 857 , September 1982 , pp. 259 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1982 

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