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
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
Dr. David Huddleston, Major Professor
Dr. R. C. Berger
Dr. David Whitfield
Dr. Jianping Zhu
Dr. Donna Reese
Dr.
James Newman, III