Comparison of three geometric representations of airfoils for aerodynamic optimization

16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Wu, Hsiao Yuan ^a   Yang, Shuchi ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Tsai, Her Mann ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT EQUATION METHODS; AERODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; COMPRESSOR BLADES; CONTINUOUS ADJOINT; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; GRADIENT INFORMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME;

AIRFOILS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84897722354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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