Coupled Navier-Stokes and optimizer analysis of a transonic wing

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 362-369

  Greenman, Roxana M ^a,c,d   Cheung, Samson ^b,d,e   Tu, Eugene L ^a,d,f  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MCAT Inc   (United States)

^c Appl Compl Aerodynamics Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e MRJ Technology Solutions Inc   (United States)

^f Information Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

TRANSONIC WINGS;

WINGS;

EID: 0032071918     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2333     Document Type: Article

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