Title: Aircraft wing design automation with ESO and GESO

Authors: Algis Lencus, Osvaldo M. Querin, Grant P. Steven, Y.M.Xie

Addresses: Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sydney, Bldg. J07, NSW 2006, Australia. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sydney, Bldg. J07, NSW 2006, Australia. School of the Built Environment, Victoria Univerisity of Technology, PO Box 14428, Melbourne City MC, Victoria 8001, Australia.

Abstract: Group evolutionary structural optimisation (GESO) is a recent modification of evolutionary structural optimisation (ESO) which extends the topological method to configuration optimisation. This paper demonstrates the optimisation of an aircraft wing with ESO and GESO. The optimisation is conducted over some of the major areas involved in the design of an aircraft wing. These include the optimisation of the configuration of the internal stiffeners, the sizing of the skin thickness and the detailed optimisation of the stiffeners.

Keywords: aircraft wing design; group evolutionary structural optimisation; configuration optimisation; GESO; ESO.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2002.001995

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2002 Vol.28 No.4, pp.356-369

Published online: 15 Aug 2003 *

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