DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING

MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN CENTER

Truss-Braced Wing Design Group

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LMAS Strut-BracedWing Concept

Arch-strut Concept

• Andy Ko
• Erwin Sulaeman

• Joel Grasmeyer 
• Amir Naghshineh-Pour 
• Jay Gundlach 
• Philippe-Andre Tetrault

• Dr. Frank H. Gern
• Dr. Bernard Grossman
• Dr. Raphael T. Haftka, University of Florida
• Dr. Rakesh K. Kapania
• Dr. William H. Mason
• Dr. Joseph A. Schetz

Reports
 
• 11/14/97, MAD Center Advisory Board Meeting
• 11/13/98, MAD Center Industrial Advisory Board Meeting (PDF Document or PowerPoint 98 File) 
• 03/24/00, MAD Center Industrial Advisory Board Meeting 
• A Discrete Vortex Method for Calculating the Minimum Induced Drag and Optimum Load Distribution for Aircraft Configurations with Noncoplanar Surfaces, VPI-AOE-242
• Stability and Control Derivative Estimation and Engine-Out Analysis, VPI-AOE-254
• Truss-Braced Wing Code Description and User's Manual, VPI-AOE-255
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft with Tip-Mounted Engines, MAD 98-01-01
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Industry Review of a 2010 Strut-Braced Wing Transonic Transport, MAD 99-06-03



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Thesis
 
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft
• The Role of Constraints and Vehicle Concepts in Transport Design: A Comparison of Cantilever and Strut-Braced Wing Airplane Concepts

Miscellaneous
 
• QuickTime Movie of a Strut-Braced Wing Flying Over Monument Valley
• QuickTime Movie of a Strut-Braced Wing Rotating in Front of a Sky Background
• 3DMF Models of Cantilever and Strut-Braced Configurations



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Papers
 
• Finite-Volume Solution of the Euler Equations for a Wing-Pylon-Store Configuration
• F.H. Gern, J.F. Gundlach, A. Ko, A. Naghshineh-Pour, E. Sulaeman, P.-A. Tetrault, B. Grossman. R.K. Kapania, W.H. Mason and J.A. Schetz, "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Transonic Commercial Transport with a Strut-Braced Wing," Paper 1999-01-5621, 1999 World Aviation Conference, October 19-21, 1999, San Francisco, CA. 
• J.F. Gundlach, P.-A. Tetrault, F.H. Gern, , A. Naghshineh-Pour, A. Ko, J.A. Schetz, W.H. Mason, B. Grossman. R.K. Kapania, and R.T. Haftka "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Transonic Transport,", AIAA 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA Paper 2000-0420, Jan. 10-13, 2000
• F.H. Gern, A. Ko, E. Sulaeman, R.K. Kapania, W.H. Mason, B. Grossman, and R.T. Haftka, "Passive Load Alleviation in the Design of a Strut-Braced Wing Transonic Transport," 8th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Long Beach, CA, AIAA Paper 2000-4826, September 6-8, 2000
• A. Ko, B. Grossman, W.H. Mason and R.T. Haftka, "Effects of Constraints in the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Transonic Commercial Transport with Strut-Braced Wing," World Aviation Congress, SAE 00WAC-23, San Diego, CA, Oct. 10-12, 2000.



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Truss-Braced Wing Bibliography

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