An MDO concept for large civil airliner wings

This thesis investigates the application of Multi-Disciplinary Design, Anal- ysis and Optimisation to the design of a large civil airliner, similar in size as the future A3XX. For the first time structural optimisation, manufacturing cost and aerodynamic effects are simultaneously integrated within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gantois, K.
Other Authors: Morris, Alan J.
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3441