Additional aerodynamic features of Wing-Gurney flap flows

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1325-1333

  Nikolic, Vojin R ^a,b,c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOW MECHANISMS; HELMHOLTZ VORTEX THEORY; WIND TUNNEL MODELS; WING-GURNEY FLAP FLOWS;

JET FLAPS;

EID: 33750801928     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19596     Document Type: Article

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