Optimization of air-breathing hypersonic aircraft design for maximum cruise speeds using genetic algorithms

16th AIAA/DLR/DGLR International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ahuja, Vivek ^a   Hartfield Jr , Roy J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIR BREATHING; AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION; BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIAL; CRUISE SPEED; FLIGHT VELOCITY; GEOMETRIC MODELING; HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OUTER MOLD LINE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

FRICTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLES;

HYPERSONIC VEHICLES;

EID: 77958596603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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