Effect of approximations of the discrete adjoint on gradient-based optimization

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3022-3031

  Dwight, Richard P ^a,b   Brezillon, Joël ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Institute of Aerodynamics and How Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ADJOINT; FINITE-VOLUME SOLVER; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENCE;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 33846072379     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21744     Document Type: Article

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