Multigrid solution of the discrete adjoint for optimization problems on unstructured meshes

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Mavriplis, Dimitri J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ADJOINT; MESH DEFORMATION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

AGGLOMERATION; AIRFOILS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 31344440625     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15696     Document Type: Article

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