.. _Aerostructural_Walkthrough:

Aerostructural Optimization with Tubular Spar
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With aerodynamic- and structural-only analyses done, we now examine an aerostructural design problem.
The construction of the problem follows the same logic as outlined in :ref:`Aerodynamic_Optimization_Walkthrough`, though with some added details.
For example, we use an `AerostructPoint` group instead of an `AeroGroup` because it contains the additional components needed for aerostructural optimization.
Additionally, we have more variable connections due to the more complex problem formulation.

For more details about ``mesh_dict`` and ``surface`` in the following script, see :ref:`Mesh and Surface Dict`.

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