Design optimization of space launch vehicles for minimum cost using a genetic algorithm

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 8357-8372

  Bayley, Douglas J ^a,b,c   Hartfield Jr , Roy J ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COSTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS;

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS);

EID: 36749096232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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