Multi-disciplinary design optimization of unconventional airship configuration with heuristic algorithms

54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ceruti, Alessandro ^a   Voloshin, Vitaly ^b   Marzocca, Pier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DESIGN; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STABILITY; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATIONS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; SYSTEM EVALUATION;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AERODYNAMICS; AIRSHIPS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84880780211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-1676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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