The design of transonic airfoil sections for an adaptive wing concept using a stochastic optimization method

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Siclari, M J ^a   Van Nostrand, W ^a   Austin, F ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; EFFICIENCY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

ADAPTIVE WING; BOUNDARY LAYER METHODS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; NUMBER OF ACTUATORS; OFF DESIGN CONDITION; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION METHODS; TRANSONIC AIRFOILS; TRANSONIC FLIGHT;

WINGS;

EID: 85087241317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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