Aerofoil at low speeds with Gurney flaps

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1075, 2003, Pages 539-546

  Brown, L ^a   Filippone, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; HYSTERESIS; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HYSTERESIS LOOPS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0141991849     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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