Aerodynamic/RCS shape optimisation of unmanned aerial vehicles using hierarchical asynchronous parallel evolutionary algorithms

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1358-1378

  Lee, D S ^a   Gonzalez, L F ^a,b   Srinivas, K ^a   Auld, D J ^a   Wong, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TRANSONIC FLOW; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AERO DIAMOND WINGS; AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES; AEROFOILS; CANONICAL EVOLUTION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845403819     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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