Automated optimal design of supersonic and subsonic diffusers using CFD

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Knight, Doyle ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air intakes; Computational fluid dynamics; Inlets; Optimization; Subsonic diffusers; Supersonic diffusers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; COMPUTER PERFORMANCE; INLETS; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SUBSONIC DIFFUSERS; SUPERSONIC DIFFUSERS;

AIR INTAKES; ALGORITHMS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84893365355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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