Flap vortex management by active Gurney flaps

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vey, Stefan ^a   Paschereit, Oliver C ^a   Greenblatt, David ^b   Meyer, Robert ^c  

^a Hermann Föttinger Institute   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Department of Fan and Compressor   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FLAPS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COMPONENT LOADS; HIGH LIFT SYSTEM; PIV MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; TRAILING EDGES; VORTEX CHARACTERISTICS; WAKE INSTABILITIES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 78149464156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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