Probabilistic methods for aerospace system conceptual design

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Smith, Natasha ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSPACE SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037484351     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3961     Document Type: Article

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