Multidisciplinary design optimization of a reentry vehicle using genetic algorithm
Mehran Nosratollahı, Mehdi Mortazavi, Amirhossein Adami, Majid Hosseini · Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology · 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is the optimal design of a reentry vehicle configuration to minimize the mission cost which is equal to minimize the heat absorbed (thermal protection system mass) and structural mass and to maximize the drag coefficient (trajectory errors and minimum final velocity).