Airfoil shape optimization using NURBS representation under thickness constraint

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 6890-6900

  Painchaud Ouellet, Simon ^a   Tribes, Christophe ^a   Trépanier, Jean Yves ^a   Pelletier, Dominique ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THICKNESS CONTROL; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

AIRFOIL SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; DRAG REDUCTION METHOD; NURBS REPRESENTATION; THICKNESS CONSTRAINT;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 2942709943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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