Conceptual approach to unconventional airship design and synthesis

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Ceruti, Alessandro ^a   Marzocca, Pier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airship design and sizing; Conceptual design; Conventional and unconventional airships; Design synthesis

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; DESIGN SYNTHESIS; ENERGETIC SOLUTIONS; MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS; NOVEL DESIGN METHODOLOGY; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; PRELIMINARY DESIGN;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84912143745     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: 19435525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000344     Document Type: Article

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