Aerodynamic Optimization Based on the Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations using Unstructured Grids

The overall problem area addressed is that of efficient aerodynamic shape design through the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A method is presented for performing optimization including modal inverse design and lift-constrained drag minimization -- based on the 2D and 3D Euler equations a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elliott, Jonathan Kindred
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57602