Practical Optimization for Aerospace: Aerostructures Architecture Optimization

During the lifetime of aircrafts, every redundant pound of weight costs the manufacturer thousands of dollars, and this cost arises due to additional fuel needs to carry extra mass limiting the amount of payload (passenger or cargo) the aircraft can transport. To build lighter aircrafts, lightweight materials such as composites are used. However, the design of composite components can be complex as the material consists of different layers oriented in various directions resulting in countless possibilities to combine the material.

In this webinar, we demonstrated how Altair optimization methods such as concept design, design finetuning, specific use-cases on fuselage, bulkhead, wing frame, etc., can be used to achieve design targets.