Variable-Complexity Response Surface Approximations for Wing Structural Weight in HSCT Design

dc.contributor.authorKaufman, Matthewen
dc.contributor.authorBalabanov, Vladimiren
dc.contributor.authorBurgee, Susan L.en
dc.contributor.authorGiunta, Anthony A.en
dc.contributor.authorGrossman, Bernard M.en
dc.contributor.authorHaftka, Raphael T.en
dc.contributor.authorMason, William H.en
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Layne T.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T14:37:09Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-19T14:37:09Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.description.abstractA procedure for generating and using a polynomial approximation to wing bending material weight of a High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) is presented. Response surface methodology is used to fit a quadratic polynomial to data gathered from a series of structural optimizations. Several techniques are employed in order to minimize the number of required structural optimizations and to maintain accuracy. First, another weight function based on statistical data is used to identify a suitable model function for the response surface. In a similar manner, geometric and loading parameters that are likely to appear in the response surface model are also identified. Next, simple analysis techniques are used to find regions of the design space where reasonable HCST designs could occur. The use of intervening variables along with analysis of variance reduce the number of polynomial terms in the response surface model function. Structural optimization is then performed by the program GENESIS on a 28-node Intel Paragon. Finally, optimizations of the HSCT are completed both with and without the response surface.en
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dc.identifierhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000442/en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000442/01/TR-96-03.psen
dc.identifier.trnumberTR-96-03en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/19952en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofHistorical Collection(Till Dec 2001)en
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dc.titleVariable-Complexity Response Surface Approximations for Wing Structural Weight in HSCT Designen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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