High aspect ratio composite wings: Geometrically nonlinear aeroelasticity, multi-disciplinary design optimization, manufacturing, and experimental testing

T Farsadi, M Ahmadi, M Sahin, H Haddad Khodaparast… - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the field of aerospace engineering, the design and manufacturing of high aspect ratio
composite wings has become a focal point of innovation and efficiency. These long, slender …

Actuator energy and drag minimization of a blended-wing-body with variable-camber continuous trailing-edge flaps

W Zhao, RK Kapania - Engineering Optimization, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article conducts a multiobjective optimization study for minimizing both the actuator
energy and the total drag of a NASA N+ 2 aircraft, the Blended-Wing-Body (BWB), during …

Incorporating flight dynamics and control criteria into MDAO of composite aircraft

R Gupta, W Zhao, RK Kapania, DK Schmidt - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Integrating flight dynamics, stability and control into multidisciplinary analysis and design
optimization of aircraft is becoming a very important problem as the future proposed aircraft …

Parametric Model Order Reduction for Buckling Constraint Evaluation in Structural Optimization

V Sanmugadas, RK Kapania - AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-2502. vid Parametric model order
reduction (PMOR) techniques were assessed for suitability in rapid constraint evaluation in a …