Stochastic approach to optimal aerodynamic shape design

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 956-961

  Aly, Sherif ^a,b   Ogot, Madara ^a,b   Pelz, Richard ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Mech and Aerosp Eng ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRFOILS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; DRAG; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

GRADIENT BASED OPTIMIZATION; HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT; OPTIMAL SHAPE DESIGN; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE PERTURBATION METHODS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030245367     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.47041     Document Type: Article

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