Drag reduction and shape optimization of airship bodies

12th Lighter-Than-Air Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 200-210

  Lutz, Th ^a   Wagner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DRAG; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; MUTATION DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODS; TRANSITION CRITERION; TRANSITION LOCATIONS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84983207021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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