Gurney flap effects and scaling for low-speed airfoils

13th Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages 966-976

  Giguere P ^a,b   Lemay, J ^a   Dumas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; FLAPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRFOIL SECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; COMPLEX DESIGNS; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; TRAILING EDGES; WALL-PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

LIFT;

EID: 84883266280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1995-1881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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