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A DESIGN OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY

FOR OPEN-CHANNEL FLOWS

USING DISCRETE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

 

Abstract and Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Overview of Optimization Methods and Applications

Chapter 3 - Design Optimization Strategy

Chapter 4 - Preliminary Example

Chapter 5 - Numerical Examples

Chapter 6 - Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 7 - Recommendations

References

Appendix A - Design Space Derivatives via Discrete Sensitivity Analysis

Appendix B - Implementation and Computational Cost of Discrete Sensitivity Analysis Subroutines as Applied to HIVEL2D

Appendix C - Optimization Algorithms

Appendix D - Numerically Exact Jacobians

Appendix E - Normal Flow in Two-Dimensions

Appendix F - The Flow Solver HIVEL2D

 

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