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Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering: Mathematical Challenges for Aerospace Design

Contributions from a Workshop held at the School of Mathematics in Erice, Italy

  • Discusses the most advanced problems in engineering which require an extensive application of mathematics
  • Presents important mathematical methods applied in aerospace engineering
  • Addresses researchers from both academia and industry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications (SOIA, volume 66)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. PrandtlPlane Propelled with Liquid Hydrogen: A Preliminary Study

    • Nicola Beccasio, Marco Tesconi, Aldo Frediani
    Pages 1-25
  3. Aeroacousto-Elastic Modeling for Response Analysis of Helicopter Rotors

    • Massimo Gennaretti, Giovanni Bernardini
    Pages 27-50
  4. Optimal Location of Support Points in the Kirchhoff Plate

    • Giuseppe Buttazzo, Sergey A. Nazarov
    Pages 93-116
  5. A Code for Shape Generation and Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft

    • Rauno Cavallaro, Aldo Frediani
    Pages 117-139
  6. Design of Solar Powered Unmanned Biplanes for HALE Missions

    • Vittorio Cipolla, Aldo Frediani
    Pages 141-177
  7. The PrandtlPlane Configuration: Overview on Possible Applications to Civil Aviation

    • Aldo Frediani, Vittorio Cipolla, Emanuele Rizzo
    Pages 179-210
  8. The Lifting System of a PrandtlPlane, Part 1: Design and Analysis of a Light Alloy Structural Solution

    • Dario Dal Canto, Aldo Frediani, Gian Luca Ghiringhelli, Mauro Terraneo
    Pages 211-234
  9. The Lifting System of a PrandtlPlane, Part 3: Structures Made in Composites

    • Aldo Frediani, Flavio Quattrone, Francesco Contini
    Pages 269-288
  10. Elastic Structures in Adhesion Interaction

    • Francesco Maddalena, Danilo Percivale, Franco Tomarelli
    Pages 289-304
  11. Conceptual Design of a Very Large PrandtlPlane Freighter

    • Fabrizio Oliviero, Aldo Frediani
    Pages 305-321
  12. Mesh Adaptivity and Optimal Shape Design for Aerospace

    • Frédéric Alauzet, Bijan Mohammadi, Olivier Pironneau
    Pages 323-337
  13. Numerical Simulation of Sailing Boats: Dynamics, FSI, and Shape Optimization

    • Matteo Lombardi, Nicola Parolini, Alfio Quarteroni, Gianluigi Rozza
    Pages 339-377
  14. On the Way to ACARE 2020 and Beyond

    • Dieter Schmitt
    Pages 379-394
  15. Design Problems of Anisotropic Structures: Some Recent Results

    • Paolo Vannucci, Boris Desmorat, Angela Vincenti
    Pages 395-426
  16. The Warlike Interest in Impact Theories

    • Piero Villaggio
    Pages 427-434
  17. Flight Mechanics Modeling of the PrandtlPlane for Conceptual and Preliminary Design

    • Mark Voskuijl, Jan de Klerk, Daan van Ginneken
    Pages 435-462

About this book

This volume consists of papers presented at the Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering Workshop II held in Erice, Italy in September 2010 at the International School of Mathematics "Guido Stampacchia". The workshop provided a platform for aerospace engineers and mathematicians (from universities, research centers and industry) to discuss the advanced problems requiring an extensive application of mathematics. The presentations were dedicated to the most advanced subjects in engineering and, in particular to computational fluid dynamics methods, introduction of new materials, optimization in aerodynamics, structural optimization, space missions, flight mechanics, control theory and optimization, variational methods and applications, etc.

 

This book will capture the interest of researchers from both academia and industry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Mathematics "L. Tonelli", University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Giuseppe Buttazzo

  • , Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Aldo Frediani

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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