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Fifth International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
August, 27-29, 2007, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

DOI: 10.1615/TSFP5

AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTEX DEFORMATION IN TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE

pages 597-602
DOI: 10.1615/TSFP5.920
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ABSTRACT

Large-scale distortion of aircraft wake vortices appears to play a crucial role for aircraft safety during approach and landing. Vortex distortion is investigated based on large eddy simulations of wake vortex evolution in a turbulent atmosphere. A vortex identification method is developed that can be adapted to the vortex scales of interest. Based on the identified vortex center tracks, a statistics of vortex curvature radii is established. This statistics constitutes the basis for understanding, modeling, and exploiting mitigation effects of vortex distortion on wake vortex encounters.

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