Gurney flap—Lift enhancement, mechanisms and applications

JJ Wang, YC Li, KS Choi - Progress in Aerospace sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
Since its invention by a race car driver Dan Gurney in 1960s, the Gurney flap has been used
to enhance the aerodynamics performance of subsonic and supercritical airfoils, high-lift …

Introducing Gurney flap to Wells turbine blade and performance analysis with OpenFOAM

PM Kumar, A Samad - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A Gurney flap (GF) placed at pressure side of the trailing edge of an airfoil and
perpendicular to the chord line enhances lift in aircraft wings, helicopter rotors, and wind …

Experimental investigation into the effect of Gurney flaps on various airfoils

JA Cole, BAO Vieira, JG Coder, A Premi… - Journal of Aircraft, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
The aerodynamic effects of the application of Gurney flaps of different heights and chordwise
locations to five airfoils have been investigated in the Pennsylvania State University low …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of Gurney flap on SFYT15thick airfoil

X He, J Wang, M Yang, D Ma, C Yan, P Liu - Theoretical and applied …, 2016 - Elsevier
A two-dimensional steady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equation was solved
to investigate the effects of a Gurney flap on SFYT15thick airfoil aerodynamic performance …

Lift enhancement and flow structure of airfoil with joint trailing-edge flap and Gurney flap

T Lee, YY Su - Experiments in fluids, 2011 - Springer
The impact of Gurney flaps (GF), of different heights and perforations, on the aerodynamic
and wake characteristics of a NACA 0015 airfoil equipped with a trailing-edge flap (TEF) …

Numerical simulation of Gurney flap on RAE-2822 supercritical airfoil

T Yu, JJ Wang, PF Zhang - Journal of Aircraft, 2011 - arc.aiaa.org
C= chord length CD= drag coefficient Cf= skin friction coefficient CL= lift coefficient CM=
quarter-chord pitching moment coefficient CP= pressure coefficient h= height of Gurney flap …

Aerodynamic characteristics of a Gurney/jet flap at low Reynolds numbers

LW Traub, G Agarwal - Journal of Aircraft, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
EVER-INCREASING application has driven a significant research effort to extend, refine,
and hone the available technological toolbox for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). UAV …

Experimental and numerical study on the performance of an axial fan with a Gurney flap

L Chen, H Xie, J Xu, R Dai… - Advances in mechanical …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Gurney flap is a miniature lift-enhancement device installed at the airfoil trailing edge and
has been successfully applied to fixed wing aircraft and low-speed horizontal wind turbines …

Numerical investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of naca 23112 using passive flow control technique–gurney flaps

V Chinnappa, G Srinivas - Cogent Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Since its inception in the early 1970s by Daniel Gurney, the Gurney flaps have proven to be
an effective means of enhancing the aerodynamic performance of an airfoil. Current …

Numerical simulation of Gurney flaps lift-enhancement on a low Reynolds number airfoil

X He, JJ Wang, MQ Yang, DL Ma, C Yan… - Science China …, 2017 - Springer
Two-dimensional steady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with
transition shear stress transport (SST) model were solved to investigate the effects of Gurney …