Fighter Aircraft Synthesis/Design Optimization

This thesis presents results of the application of energy-based large-scale optimization of a two-subsystem (propulsion subsystem (PS) and airframe subsystem-aerodynamics (AFS-A)) air-to-air fighter (AAF) with two types of AFS-A models: a fixed-wing AFS-A and a morphing-wing AFS-A. The AAF flies 19...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Kenneth Wayne
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32821
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152009-125049/