Free-stream turbulence effect on Gurney-type flaps

Wind Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-158

  Bloy, A W ^a   Harrison, D F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

GURNEY TYPE FLAPS;

WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; LIFT; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL; WING;

EID: 0032453068     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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