Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering (Hardcover)

Algorithm Issues and Challenges Associated with the Development of Robust CFD Codes - Steven R. Allmaras, John E. Bussoletti, Craig L. Hilmes, Forrester T. Johnson, Robin G. Melvin, Edward N. Tinoco, Venkat Venkatakrishnan, Laurence B. Wigton, David P. Young.- Flight Path Optimization at Constant Altitude - Mark D. Ardema, Bryan C. Asuncion.- A Survey on the Newton Problem of Optimal Profiles - Giuseppe Buttazzo.- Innovative Rotor Blade Design Control - Vittorio Caramaschi, Claudio Monteggia.- Fields of Extremals and Sufficient Conditions for the Simplest Problem of the Calculus of Variations in N-Variables - Dean A. Carlson, George Leitmann.- A Framework for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization - Giampiero Carpentieri, Michel J.L. van Tooren.- Optimal Motions of Multibody Systems in Resistive Media - Felix L. Chernousko.- Instationary Heat Constrained Trajectory Optimization of a Hypersonic Space VEhicle by ODE-PDE Constrained Optimal Control - Kurt Chudej, Hans Josepf Pesch, Markus Wachter, Gottfried Sachs, Florent Le Bras.- Variational Approaches to Fracture - Gianpietro Del Piero.- On the Problem of Synchronization of Idential Dynamic Systems: The Huygen's Clocks - Rui Dilao.- Best Wing System: Am Exact Solution of the Prandtl's Problem - Aldo Frediani, Guido Montanari.- Numerical Simulation of the Dynamics of Boats by a Variational Inequality Approach - Luca Formaggia, Edie Miglio, Andrea Mola, Anna Scotti.- Concepts of Attractive Noise Reduction Employed in High Noise Level Aircraft Cockpits - Hatem Foudhaili, Eduard Reithmeier.- Lekhnitskii's Formalism for Stress Concentrations Around Irregularities in Anisotropic Plates: Solutions for Arbitrary Boundary Conditions - Sotiris Koussios, Adriaan Beukers.- Best Initial Conditions for the Rendezvous Maneuver - Angelo Miele, Marco Ciarcia.- Commercial Aircraft Design for Rediced Boise and Environmental Impact - S. Mistry, Howard Smith, John P. Fielding.- Variational Approach to the Problem of the Minimum Induced Drag of Wings - Maria Teresa Panaro, Aldo Frediani, Franco Giannessi, Emanuele Rizzo.- Plastic Hinges in a Beam - Danilo Percivale, Franco Tomarelli.- Problems of Minimal and Maximal Aerodynamic Resistance - Alexander Plakhov.- Shock Optimization for Airfoil Design Problems - Olivier Pironneau.- Differential Games Treated by a Gradient-Restoration Approach - Mauro Pontani.- Interval Method for Optimal Control - Andreas Rauh, Eberhard P. Hofer.- Application of Optimisation Algorithms to Aircraft Aerodynamics - Emanuele Rizzo, Also Frediani.- Different Levels of Optimization in Aircraft Design - Dieter Schmitt.- Numerical and Analytical Methods for Global Optimization - Paolo Teofilatto, Mauro Pontani.- The Aeroservoelasticity Qualification Process in Alenia - Vincenzo Vaccaro.- Further Steps Towards Quantitative Conceptual Aircraft Design - Michel van Tooren, Gianfranco La Rocca, Teodor Chiciudean.- Some Plebian Variational Problems - Piero Villaggio