Effects of leading- and trailing-edge Gurney flaps on a delta wing

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 651-658

  Traub, Lance W ^a   Galls, Samuel F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LIFT; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND TUNNELS;

DELTA WINGS; GURNEY FLAPS; POSTSTALL LIFT;

WINGS;

EID: 0032652736     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2507     Document Type: Article

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