Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft

The objective of this study is to use Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) to investigate the use of truss-braced wing concepts in concert with other advanced technologies to obtain a significant improvement in the performance of transonic transport aircraft. The truss topology introduces sev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grasmeyer, Joel M. III
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36729
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-4598-173228/