27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-1.5ST1

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF AN ACTIVE NONPLANAR POLYMORPHING WING

D. D. Smith, A. T. Isikveren, R. M. Ajaj*, M. I. Friswell*
Univ. of Bristol, UK; *Swansea Univ., UK

Keywords: multiobjective, optimization, morphing, performance

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) has been performed on the retrofitting of a morphing wing system to an existing conventionally designed commercial passenger jet. Refined studies have been undertaken in order to confirm initial findings using high-end, low-fidelity aero-structural analysis together with a full engine model and integrated operational performance algorithm.

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