An adjoint-based design methodology for CFD problems

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 734-759

  Soto, Orlando ^a   Löhner, Rainald ^a   Yang, Chi ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressible flow; Differential equations; Finite element analysis; Optimization techniques

Indexed keywords

DISCRETIZED FLOW EQUATIONS; GRADIENT COMPUTATIONS; SURFACE PARAMETERIZATION;

CAVITATION; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 4344605044     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530410544292     Document Type: Article

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