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Preliminary airplane design aided by mathematical optimization

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An application of nonlinear programming to the problem of airplane preliminary design is presented. The main steps of the method are described and a sample case is shown to illustrate the procedure and related difficulties.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Boeing Aerospace Company, Seattle, WA, USA

    G. J. Eckard & I. H. Rettie

  2. Boeing Computer Services Company, Seattle, WA, USA

    M. J. Healy

  3. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

    J. S. Kowalik

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  1. G. J. Eckard
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  2. I. H. Rettie
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  3. M. J. Healy
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  4. J. S. Kowalik
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M. Avriel R. S. Dembo

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Eckard, G.J., Rettie, I.H., Healy, M.J., Kowalik, J.S. (1979). Preliminary airplane design aided by mathematical optimization. In: Avriel, M., Dembo, R.S. (eds) Engineering Optimization. Mathematical Programming Studies, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0120863

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