Gurney flap scaling for optimum lift-to-drag ratio

AIAA Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1888-1890

  Giguère, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Dumas, Guy ^a,b   Lemay, Jean ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Lab de Mécanique des Fluides   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

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EID: 0000445428     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.49     Document Type: Article

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