Adjoint-based design of rotors using the navier-stokes equations in a noninertial reference frame

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1212-1222

  Nielsen, Eric J ^a   Lee Rausch, Elizabeth M ^a   Jones, William T ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT FORMULATION; ADJOINT METHODS; ADJOINTS; AXIS OF ROTATION; COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS; DESIGN TRENDS; FIGURE OF MERIT; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; REFERENCE FRAME; RIGID ROTOR; TIME-DEPENDENT;

COPYRIGHTS; FLOW FIELDS; ROTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 70449119313     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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