Multi-Parameter Optimization for the Wet Steam Accumulator of a Steam-Powered Catapult

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 234
• Main Authors: Zhu, Qidan, Lu, Peng, Yang, Zhibo, Ji, Xun, Han, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 13.01.2019
• Subjects: Aircraft accidents & safety; Aircraft carriers; Astronauts; Aviation; carrier-based aircraft; catapult launch; Engineering; genetic algorithm; Mathematical models; multi-parameters optimization; Optimization; Steam power; steam-powered catapult; Thermodynamics; wet steam accumulator; United States > US; China

Selecting the optimal parameters for wet steam accumulator of steam-powered catapult is an important task, due to launching safety. There is no literature on the topic of the parameters optimization for wet steam accumulator of steam-powered catapult. The genetic algorithm (GA) was used to determine...