Incorporation of some cost and economic parameters in the conceptual design optimization of an air-taxi aircraft

5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 443-453

  Gogate, S D ^a   Pant, R K ^a,b   Arorat, P ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Research Division   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COSTS; PISTONS; TAXICABS; TRANSPORTATION;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN VARIABLES; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; GENERAL AVIATION; OPTIMUM LOCATION; PENALTY FUNCTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES; VEHICLE OPTIMIZATION;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84991109299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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