Improving the unsteady aerodynamic performance of transonic turbines using neural networks

38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Rai, Man Mohan ^a   Madavan, Nateri K ^a   Huber, Frank W ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Riverbend Design Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TRANSONIC FLOW;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; LOW-ORDER POLYNOMIALS; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY PERFORMANCE; UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 85087597578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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