Gurney flap experiments on airfoil and wings

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 484-486

  Van Dam, C P ^a   Yen, D T ^a   Vijgen, P M H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; WIND TUNNELS;

GURNEY FLAPS;

WINGS;

EID: 0032663158     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2461     Document Type: Article

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