Cost-effective multipoint design of a blended high-speed civil transport

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 642-650

  Sevant, Natasha E ^a   Bloor, Malcolm I G ^a   Wilson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DRAG; FUSELAGES; LIFT; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WINGS;

HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT (HSCT) AIRCRAFTS; QUASI-NEWTON METHOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE HARRIS; WAVE DRAG;

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032655494     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2506     Document Type: Article

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