Lift enhancement by static extended trailing edge

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1939-1947

  Liu, Tianshu ^a,c   Montefort, J ^a,c   Liou, W ^a,c   Pantula, S R ^a,c   Shams, Qamar A ^b,c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Parkview Campus ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; EDGE DETECTION;

CONVENTIONAL FLAP; GURNEY FLAP; TRAILING EDGE;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 38149107533     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31995     Document Type: Article

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