Wing aerodynamic design using an optimized NURBS geometrical representation

38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Lépine, Jerome ^a   Trépanier, Jean Yves ^b   Pépin, François ^c  

^a Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN VARIABLES; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION; GOOD SMOOTHNESS; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; WING AERODYNAMICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 85087597038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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