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A Penalty Function Approach to the Optimization of Chemical Propellant Systems using the fletcher‐powell algorithm
Author(s) -
Swaminathan V.,
Madhavan N. S.,
Chacko C. M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19820070404
Subject(s) - propellant , fortran , penalty method , computer science , computer program , algorithm , salient , optimization algorithm , mathematical optimization , mathematics , engineering , programming language , aerospace engineering , artificial intelligence
This article presents an efficient numerical algorithm for determining, for a given metallized propellant system, the optimum combination of reactants which can fetch the maximum specific impulse, and also the salient features of the associated computer program. The optimization procedure is based on the Fletcher‐Powell technique with the objective function being augmented by a penalty term to accommodate the constraints. Numerical results for the optimization, obtained by means of a computer program written in FORTRAN IV on the IBM‐360 computer for a representative propellant system, are also presented in this note.