Maturity assessment of the laminate variable stiffness design process

A Sabido, L Bahamonde, R Harik, MJL van Tooren - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Variable stiffness (VS) laminate design methods allow to tailor the composite to a particular
problem. This enlarged design space exploration is assisted by optimization algorithms and …

Aeroelastic tailoring for aerospace applications

J Najmi, HA Khan, SS Javaid, A Hameed, F Siddiqui - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This study presents a brief account of the seminal works on aeroelastic tailoring for
aerospace applications. Tailoring using advanced composites is a revolutionary process in …

Static and dynamic aeroelastic tailoring with composite blending and manoeuvre load alleviation

MT Bordogna, P Lancelot, D Bettebghor… - Structural and …, 2020 - Springer
In aircraft design, proper tailoring of composite anisotropic characteristics allows to achieve
weight saving while maintaining good aeroelastic performance. To further improve the …

Optimisation of composite structures–enforcing the feasibility of lamination parameter constraints with computationally-efficient maps

T Macquart, V Maes, MT Bordogna, A Pirrera… - Composite …, 2018 - Elsevier
Composite materials are increasingly used in high performance structural applications
because of their high strength and stiffness to weight ratios together with their significant …

[HTML][HTML] A method using beam search to design the lay-ups of composite laminates with many plies

N Fedon, PM Weaver, A Pirrera, T Macquart - Composites Part C: Open …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to high specific strength and stiffness ratios, composite materials are widely used in
industries where minimising structural mass is of paramount importance, such as the …

[HTML][HTML] A repair algorithm for composite laminates to satisfy lay-up design guidelines

N Fedon, PM Weaver, A Pirrera, T Macquart - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite materials, due to their high specific strength and stiffness, are commonly used to
design lightweight structures. However, the anisotropy of composite laminates induces …

[HTML][HTML] Formulation and integration of MDAO systems for collaborative design: A graph-based methodological approach

I van Gent, G La Rocca - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel methodology and its software implementation, called KADMOS
(Knowledge-and graph-based Agile Design for Multidisciplinary Optimization System), to …

Tailoring of a composite regional jet wing using the slice and swap method

GHC Silva, AP do Prado, PH Cabral, R De Breuker… - Journal of Aircraft, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an aeroelastic tailoring procedure used to design wing structures to
meet strength, buckling, and flutter requirements simultaneously. The optimization process is …

Optibless: An open-source toolbox for the optimisation of blended stacking sequence

T Macquart - 17th European Conference on …, 2016 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
A free open-source toolbox for the Optimisation of BLEnded Stacking Sequences
(OptiBLESS) is presented in this paper. Despite the increasing use of composite materials …

Aeroelastic optimization of variable stiffness composite wing with blending constraints

MT Bordogna, T Macquart, D Bettebghor… - 17th AIAA/ISSMO …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Optimizing the laminates of large composite structures is nowadays well-recognized as
having significant benefits in the design of lightweight structural solutions. However, designs …