INTEGRATED STRUCTURE CONTROL AERODYNAMIC SYNTHESIS OF ACTIVELY CONTROLLED COMPOSITE WINGS

A new multidisciplinary optimization capability for integrated synthes is of actively controlled composite wings is reviewed. It is shown tha t the nonlinear programming/approximation concepts approach to design optimization, combined with appropriate simplified analysis techniques for the different disciplines, make multidisciplinary wing synthesis both feasible and practical for the conceptual and preliminary design stages. The composite wing of a remotely piloted vehicle is used for n umerical experimentation. Synthesis studies with design variables and constraints that span the disciplines of structures, control, and aero dynamics are presented. These studies provide new insight into the com plex nature of multidisciplinary interactions in wing design.