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    A gurney flap is a flat plate attached perpendicular to the trailing edge of an airfoil or wing. It increases both lift and the maximum lift coefficient. Gurney flaps are commonly used on racing car wings to increase downforce, within multi-element airfoils, and on wind turbine blades. Experiments show gurney flaps raise the maximum lift coefficient and reduce the angle of attack where lift equals zero.

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    A gurney flap is a flat plate attached perpendicular to the trailing edge of an airfoil or wing. It increases both lift and the maximum lift coefficient. Gurney flaps are commonly used on racing car wings to increase downforce, within multi-element airfoils, and on wind turbine blades. Experiments show gurney flaps raise the maximum lift coefficient and reduce the angle of attack where lift equals zero.

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    A gurney flap is a flat plate attached perpendicular to the trailing edge of an airfoil or wing. It increases both lift and the maximum lift coefficient. Gurney flaps are commonly used on racing car wings to increase downforce, within multi-element airfoils, and on wind turbine blades. Experiments show gurney flaps raise the maximum lift coefficient and reduce the angle of attack where lift equals zero.

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    Gurney Flap.

    A gurney flap is a micro trailing edge device, it is a simply flat plate attached
    perpendicularly to the lower (pressure) surface of an airfoil or wing trailing edge. It is
    simple as shown in the next figure:

    Figure 1. - Gurney Flap Detail.

    The effect of this device in two-dimensional airfoils and three-dimensional wings is


    a lift increment (CL) and the increase on the maximum lift coefficient. Typical applications
    are on downforce wings of ricing automobiles, in the cove of multi-element airfoils and on
    wind turbine blades.
    The mentioned effect can be observed in the next graphic from the experiment of
    Cavanaugh, Robertson and Manson (2007) AIAA, where is clearly appreciated the
    variation in CLmx and reduction of angle of attack where lift coefficient equals zero.

    Graphic 1. - Effect of different gurney flaps in a NACA 0015 airfoil.

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