New supersonic wing far-field composite-element wave-drag optimization method

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1740-1758

  Kulfan, Brenda ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BLENDING; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLOW CONTROL; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; AERODYNAMIC PROCESS; BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORTS; SUPERSONIC COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTS;

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EID: 73649083368     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.42823     Document Type: Article

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