Numerical optimization of fuselage geometry to modify sonic-boom signature

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 668-674

  Makino, Yoshikazu ^a,c   Aoyama, Takashi ^a,d   Iwamiya, Toshiyuki ^a,e   Watanuki, Tadaharu ^b,f   Kubota, Hirotoshi ^b,f  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Adv Technol Aircraft Proj Center   (Japan)

^d Fluid Science Research Center   (Japan)

^e Applied Mathematics Laboratory   (Japan)

^f Dept of Aero and Astronautics ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EULER EQUATION; SONIC BOOM;

FUSELAGES;

EID: 0032655495     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2509     Document Type: Article

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