The post-stall effect of Gurney flaps on a NACA-0011 airfoil

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Myose, Roy ^a   Heron, Ismael ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPS;

GURNEY FLAPS; LIFT COEFFICIENT; POST STALLS; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; UPPER SURFACE;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 85072453401     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/961316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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