Aerodynamic shape optimization using a cartesian adjoint method and CAD geometry

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1423-1437

  Nemec, Marian ^a,c,d   Aftosmis, Michael J ^b,c,d  

^a ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Advanced Supercomputing Division   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSONIC FLOW;

CARTESIAN MESHES; CONVERGENCE RATE; FLOW SOLUTION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845431705     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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