25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.1.3

PIV INVESTIGATION OF AN AIRFOIL WITH A GURNEY FLAP

J. Nožicka, M. Matejka, P. Bárta
Czech Technical Univ. in Prague, Czech Republic

Keywords: Gurney flap, PIV measurement, Kutta-Joukowski Lift Theorem, Wind tunnel tests

This paper reviews the research on NACA 23012 and on a panel airfoil profile equipped with Gurney flap and T-Gurney flap. It investigates airfoil performances for different angles of attack at Re=5.10+E5, based on chord, both with clean configuration and the flaps.

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