Wave Drag Reduction for Aircraft Fuselage-Wing Configurations. Volume 2. Manual for Computer Programs

Abstract

An optimization procedure has been developed to minimize the wave drag of an aircraft fuselage-wing configuration subject to constraints imposed by design requirements. The theory, methods, computer programs and results are presented in this report in two volumes. This volume is the user's manual for the computer programs. The input/output information is described in detail. Listings of the programs are given, and samples of built-in program diagnostic messages are explained. Also included are the logical structures of the programs and the descriptions of the subroutines, which in combination with the program listings can be used for possible future modification, improvement, or extension of these computer programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA040998

Entities

People

  • C. W. Chu
  • H. Ziegler
  • J. Der Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blunt Bodies
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Drag Reduction
  • Flow Fields
  • Geometry
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.