Computation of aircraft stability derivatives using an automatic differentiation adjoint approach

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2737-2750

  Mader, Charles A ^a,c   Martins, Joaquim R R A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Institute for Aerospace Studies   (Canada)

^d Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT APPROACH; ADJOINTS; AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; AIRCRAFT STABILITY; AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; DYNAMIC DERIVATIVES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW SOLVER; STABILITY DERIVATIVES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS;

STABILITY;

EID: 82255196621     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051147     Document Type: Article

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