MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A STRUT-BRACED WING TRANSONIC TRANSPORT

Abstract: Recent transonic airliner designs have generallyconverged upon a common cantilever low-wingconfiguration. It is unlikely that further large strides inperformance are possible without a significantdeparture from the present design paradigm. One suchalternative configuration is the strut-braced wing,which uses a strut for wing bending load alleviation,allowing increased aspect ratio and reduced wingthickness to increase the lift to drag ratio. The thinnerwing has less transonic wave...