Optimized design of composite propeller

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-30

  Lee, Ya Jung ^a   Lin, Ching Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS;

COMPOSITE PROPELLER; FLUID PRESSURE;

PROPELLERS;

EID: 0842333862     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490490257639     Document Type: Article

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