Conceptual design of helicopters via genetic algorithm

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1062-1070

  Crossley, William A ^a,b,d   Laananen, David H ^c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED SIZING CODES; HELICOPTER CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0030287572     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.47058     Document Type: Article

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