Computationally efficient, numerically exact design space derivatives via the complex Taylor's series expansion method

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-383

  Burg, C O E ^a   Newman III, J C ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex Taylor's series expansion method; Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete sensitivity analysis; Gradient methods; Numerical design optimization

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SPACE DERIVATIVES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0036522261     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(01)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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