Effect of full-span Gurney flap height on wing wake vortex alleviation

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1555-1558

  Nikolic, Vojin R ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; AIRFOIL; LIFT COEFFICIENT;

WAKES;

EID: 33750798334     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19369     Document Type: Article

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