The functional advantages of tailored stiffness, often seen in nature, are also utilized in
composite structures. Advancements in the multiaxis tow placement and automated fiber …

Since its introduction, the NASA Common Research Model has proved a useful
aerodynamic benchmark for predicting computational-fluid-dynamics-based drag and …

Over the past several decades, composites have increasingly become the material of choice
in modern aircraft structural design. This is primarily due to the high stiffness-and strength-to …

The structural efficiency of stiffened panels can be significantly improved by utilizing
curvilinear stiffeners because of their outstanding design flexibility. However, the explosion …

The adoption of conventional “black metal” composites in aircraft structures has lead to an
improvement in performance over previous metallic designs. With the maturation of …

The increasing flexibility of modern aircraft wings makes the consideration of aeroelasticity
increasingly important in the earliest stages of the design process. In response to this need …

The target of this investigation is to understand the aeroelastic (dynamic or static) instability
of variable stiffness composite laminates (VSCLs) in the presence of supersonic airflow. The …

This paper proposes a new self-adaptive meta-heuristic (MH) algorithm for multiobjective
optimisation. The adaptation is accomplished by means of estimation of distribution. The …

This paper presents results from thermal buckling analysis and optimization of stiffened
composite panels with variable angle tow (VAT) laminates and curvilinear stiffeners …

This paper investigates the possibility to improve the dynamic response of complex
aeronautical structures using variable angle-tow composites. The study has been performed …