An Automatic Design Optimization Tool and its Application to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 25-

  Abramson, David ^a   Lewis, Andrew ^b   Peachey, Tom ^a   Fletcher, Clive ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; LIFT DRAG RATIO; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ARBITRARY PROBLEMS; AUTOMATIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ITS APPLICATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; TOOL APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0010540283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/582034.582059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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