Trailing vortex rollup from a wing equipped with a gurney flap

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 569-572

  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

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PERFORMANCE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; VORTEX ALLEVIATION; VORTEX STRENGTH;

WINGS;

EID: 33646402922     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7857     Document Type: Article

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