Shape optimization for radar cross sections by a gradient method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 687-715

  Bondeson, A ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Weinerfelt, P ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SAAB AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjoint problem; Design sensitivities; Gradient method; Optimization; Radar cross section

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SCATTERING;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; SCATTERING PROBLEMS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

RADAR;

EID: 4544291677     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1088     Document Type: Article

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