Title :
Determining critical gust loads on aircraft structures using an evolutionary algorithm
Author :
Karr, Charles L. ; Zeiler, Thomas A. ; Mehrotra, Rajiv
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Eng. & Mech. Dept., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper an evolutionary algorithm (EA) is shown to be a feasible approach to solving the problem of determining the characteristics of wind gusts that result in critical loading of aircraft structures. The EA outperforms a traditional method suitable for solving linear problems, and is then extended to nonlinear problems for which there is no effective solution methodology
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aircraft; atmospheric turbulence; evolutionary computation; wind; aircraft structures; critical gust load determination; evolutionary algorithm; nonlinear problems; wind gusts; Aerodynamics; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Atmospheric modeling; Evolutionary computation; FAA; Mathematical model; Testing; Wavelet analysis; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 2002. CEC '02. Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7282-4
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2002.1007021
