High-lift optimization design using neural networks on a multi-element airfoil

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 434-440

  Greenman, Roxana M ^a   Roth, Karlin R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HIGH LIFT OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM;

LIFT;

EID: 0032624498     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822228     Document Type: Article

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