Aerodynamic design of a flying wing using response surface methodology

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 562-569

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

^a Department of Applied Mathematics ^*

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRAG; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIFT; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

FOURIER SERIES; LOW ORDER POTENTIAL FLOW PANEL METHOD; NOISY LIFT DATA; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SUBSONIC FLYING WING;

WINGS;

EID: 0034224874     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2665     Document Type: Article

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