Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Industry Review of a 2010 Strut-Braced Wing Transonic Transport

Recent transonic airliner designs have generally converged upon a common cantilever low-wing configuration. It is unlikely that further large strides in performance are possible without a significant departure from the present design paradigm. One such alternative configuration is the strut-braced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gundlach, John Frederick
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33735
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-062499-144850/