Automated design of a three-dimensional subsonic diffuser

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1132-1140

  Zhang, Wei Li ^a   Knight, Doyle D ^a   Smith, Don ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

LOMAX TURBULENCE MODEL; SUBSONIC DIFFUSERS;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0034322142     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5688     Document Type: Article

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