CAD-based aerodynamic shape design optimization with the DLR TAU code

27th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2010, ICAS 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 825-841

  Martin M ^a   Andres E ^a   Widhalm, M ^b   Bitrian P ^a   Lozano, C ^a  

^a National Institute of Aerospace Technology   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjoint methods; Gradient based optimization; Shape design

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT METHODS; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINES; SHAPE DESIGNS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTERPOLATION; OPTIMIZATION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878451984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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