Research Article
An Optimum Design of a Subsonic Aircraft Wing due to the Aerodynamic Loading
Table 6
Comparison between the current work and that reported by Gargan [
29].
| Current work | Skin thickness (mm) | Core thickness (mm) | Max deformation (mm) | von Mises stress (MPa) | Stress ratio | Mass (kg) |
| 2 | 2 | 338.84 | 473.87 | 1.066 | 200.21 | 2 | 4 | 321.44 | 487.8 | 1.035 | 253.46 | 2 | 6 | 308.4 | 515.52 | 0.979 | 306.56 | 3 | 2 | 233.76 | 324.6 | 1.556 | 258.8 | 3 | 4 | 223.74 | 316 | 1.598 | 311.5 | 3 | 6 | 215.75 | 309.67 | 1.631 | 363.82 | 4 | 2 | 179.45 | 253.16 | 1.995 | 317.96 | 4 | 4 | 173.04 | 244.05 | 2.064 | 369.96 | 4 | 6 | 167.95 | 235.52 | 2.144 | 421.71 |
| Mr. Gargan [29] | Skin thickness (mm) | Displacement (m) | von Mises stress (MPa) | Mass (kg) |
| 15 | 0.056 | 460 | 414 | 2 | 0.047 | 361 | 440 | 25 | 0.041 | 298 | 467 | 3 | 0.037 | 254 | 493 | 3.5 | 0.032 | 221 | 520 |
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