Scalable parallel approach for high-fidelity steady-state aeroelastic analysis and adjoint derivative computations

AIAA Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 935-951

  Kenway, Gaetan K W ^a   Kennedy, Graeme J ^a   Martins, Joaquim R R A ^a  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; SCALABILITY;

AERO-STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; AEROELASTIC TAILORING; AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; GRADIENT COMPUTATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNS; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

AEROELASTICITY;

EID: 84899562582     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J052255     Document Type: Article

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