International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 531358, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/531358
Research Article

Turbine Airfoil Optimization Using Quasi-3D Analysis Codes

Sanjay Goel

University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA

Received 30 November 2008; Revised 25 May 2009; Accepted 20 August 2009

Academic Editor: Sanjay Mittal

Copyright © 2009 Sanjay Goel. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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