25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-3.8S

EXPRIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF A TWO-ELEMENT WING WITH GURNEY FLAP

F. M. Catalano, G. L. Brandt
Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Keywords: Gurney flap, two element wing

A experimental and numerical investigation was performed on the effect of a Gurneyflap on a twoelement wing. The experiments were conducted with Gurneyflap sizes of 1.0%, 2%, and 4.0% model chord located at the flap and main element trailing-edge. Simulations were performed using CFX, with RANS turbulence model.

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