A rapid geometry engine for preliminary aircraft design

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages 11104-11115

  Rodriguez, David L ^a,b   Sturdza, Peter ^a  

^a Desktop Aeronautics Inc   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPID GEOMETRY ENGINE (RAGE); TOOL GEOMETRY;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES;

EID: 34250895467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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