Investigation of possible merit of Gurney flap as wake vortex-attenuation device

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 919-934

  Nikolic, Vojin R ^a,b,c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

FLAP; FLOW FIELDS; WAKE VORTICES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 28844487153     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-4979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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