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Optimal design for transonic flows

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The feasibility of finite element and mathematical programming methods for finding an optimal shape for an symmetric airfoil in case of transonic flow is studied. The state problem is solved using multigrid-technique. Numerical examples are given.

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  1. Institute of Thermomechanics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 5, 182 00, Prague 8, Czechoslovakia

    Vladimír Daněk

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Jyväskylä, Seminaarinkatu 15, SF-40100, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Raino Mäkinen

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, SF-40351, Jyväskylä, Finland

    P. Neittaanmäki

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Daněk, V., Mäkinen, R. (1991). Optimal design for transonic flows. In: Neittaanmäki, P. (eds) Numerical Methods for Free Boundary Problems. International Series of Numerical Mathematics / Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / Série Internationale d’Analyse Numérique, vol 99. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5715-4_10

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