Research Article

Efficient Method for Aeroelastic Tailoring of Composite Wing to Minimize Gust Response

Table 3

Accuracy and computation time saving of the Q-static method in different gust frequencies.

Gust frequency0.75 Hz1.0 Hz1.25 Hz1.50 Hz

Accuracy reduction1.1%1.5%2.1%2.0%
Total cycles100100100100
Time reduced by~90%~90%~90%~90%