Collaborative approach to launch vehicle design

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 478-486

  Braun, R D ^a,c   Moore, A A ^a,c   Kroo, I M ^b,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

COLLABORATIVE OPTIMIZATION; DOMAIN SPECIFIC ANALYZES; FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION; LAUNCH VEHICLE DESIGN;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0031188608     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3237     Document Type: Article

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