Optimal aerodynamic design of airfoils in unsteady viscous flows

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 29-32, 2010, Pages 1976-1991

  Srinath, D N ^a   Mittal, Sanjay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Adjoint methods; Airfoil; Continuous adjoint; Finite element; Shape optimization; Time accurate; Unsteady flows

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT EQUATIONS; ADJOINT FORMULATION; ADJOINT METHODS; ADJOINTS; AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRFOIL GEOMETRY; CHORD LENGTHS; FINITE ELEMENT; FREE-STREAM; HIGH PRESSURE; LEADING EDGE; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL AIRFOILS; OPTIMAL SHAPE; TIME-ACCURATE; TIME-AVERAGED; UNSTEADY VISCOUS FLOW; UPPER SURFACE; VOLUME CONSTRAINT;

DRAG; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS DYNAMICS; LIFT DRAG RATIO; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SPLINES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 77953026728     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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