A Two‐Level Procedure for the Global Optimum Design of Composite Modular Structures—Application to the Design of an Aircraft Wing: Part 2: Numerical Aspects and Examples

Marco Montemurro (1) , Angela Vincenti (1) , Paolo Vannucci (1)

1 IJLRDA-MISES - Mécanique et Ingénierie des Solides Et des Structures

This work concerns a two-level procedure for the global optimum design of composite modular structures. The case-study considered is the least weight design of a stiffened wing-box for an aircraft structure. The method is based on the use of the polar formalism and on a genetic algorithm. In the first level of the procedure, the optimal structure is designed as composed by a single equivalent layer, while a laminate realizing the optimal structure is found in the second level. The method is able to automatically find the optimal number of modules; no simplifying assumptions are used and it can be easily generalized to other problems. The work is divided into two parts: the theoretical formulation in the first part, the genetic procedure and some numerical examples in this second one.

Domains: Mechanics [physics.med-ph]

Marco Montemurro, Angela Vincenti, Paolo Vannucci. A Two‐Level Procedure for the Global Optimum Design of Composite Modular Structures—Application to the Design of an Aircraft Wing: Part 2: Numerical Aspects and Examples. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2012, 155 (1), pp.24--53. ⟨10.1007/s10957-012-0070-1⟩. ⟨hal-01666669⟩