• Wing-shape optimization is a software implementation of shape optimization primarily used for aircraft design. This allows for engineers to produce more...
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  • Shape optimization is part of the field of optimal control theory. The typical problem is to find the shape which is optimal in that it minimizes a certain...
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  • design optimization posing their own specific challenges in formulating and solving the resulting problems; these include, shape optimization, wing-shape optimization...
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  • equation. Methods based on solution of adjoint equations are used in wing shape optimization, fluid flow control and uncertainty quantification. Consider the...
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  • Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO) is a field of engineering that uses optimization methods to solve design problems incorporating a number...
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  • Stress majorization Trajectory optimization Transportation theory Wing-shape optimization Combinatorial optimization Dynamic programming Bellman equation...
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  • equation. Methods based on solution of adjoint equations are used in wing shape optimization, fluid flow control and uncertainty quantification. For example...
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    Ciampa; Björn Nagel; Volker Gollnick (September 2014). "Optimization of revenue space of a blended wing body" (PDF). 29th Congress of the International Council...
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    distribution across the wing. There is no inherent superiority to pure elliptical shapes and wings with other planforms can be optimized to give elliptical...
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  • An adaptive compliant wing is a wing which is flexible enough for aspects of its shape to be changed in flight. Flexible wings have a number of benefits...
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  • metallurgy, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It...
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    Downforce (redirect from Rear wing)
    needed] The overall shape of a car resembles an airplane wing. Almost all road cars produce aerodynamic lift as a result of this shape. There are many techniques...
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  • leeward Winfried Otto Schumann Wing Wing-shape optimization Wing configuration Wing fence Wing loading Wing twist Wing warping Wingspan Wingsuit flying...
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  • surrogate models: design optimization and design space approximation (also known as emulation). In surrogate model-based optimization, an initial surrogate...
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    standard benchmark problem in aerodynamic shape optimization by tackling problems based on the Common Research Model wing. Martins is best known for pioneering...
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  • Chengdu J-36 (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
    possible differences of the three engines mounted. The wing sweep angles indicate aerodynamic optimization toward supercruise. The primary weapons bay has an...
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    Wing Aviation LLC, doing business as Wing, is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. that develops a drone delivery system and UTM systems. The company completed...
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    is the wing tip. The aerodynamic properties of the overall aircraft can be greatly impacted by the shaping and other design choices of the wing root. During...
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  • an ideological spectrum divided into mutually contradictory left-wing and right-wing variants, both of which support aspects of capitalism such as societal...
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    and control systems. This is called design optimization. Fundamental aspects such as fuselage shape, wing configuration and location, engine size and...
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    A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage. Swept wings have been flown...
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  • by the wings, viscous flow within the fuselage's boundary layer, or wing shapes other than the long, straight and thin, such as swept or low–aspect-ratio...
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  • are employed: optimization searching at the highest level of the holarchy, correlation searching (a restricted subset of optimization searching) as the...
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    intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag. Although there are several types of wing tip devices which function in different...
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    cutting woven fabrics to shape and reduces post processing waste due to the ability to conform to complex geometries. Optimization two: Hybrid carbon fiber...
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    fulfilled shapes of the goddess, the accumulation of draperies, and the energy of movement". Most recently the Alula feather was restored to the left wing in...
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  • added to the wing and horizontal tail. The BODY Namelist defines the shape of the body. Digital DATCOM assumes an axisymmetrical shape for the body....
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    Flap (aeronautics) (redirect from Wing flap)
    the wing C L {\displaystyle C_{L}} is the lift coefficient, which is determined by the shape of the airfoil used and the angle at which the wing meets...
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    Airfoil (redirect from Wing profile)
    examples being bird wings, the bodies of fish, and the shape of sand dollars. An airfoil-shaped wing can create downforce on an automobile or other motor...
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    Piaggio P.180 Avanti (category Engine-over-wing aircraft)
    Avanti's total lift, with the front and rear wing providing the remaining 80%. Due to the unusual fuselage shape, the mid-cabin is considerably wider than...
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