This paper focuses on the experimental characterization of the vortex structures that develop in the aft fuselage region and in the wake of a simplified geometry of a military transport aircraft. It comes within the framework of the military applications of airflow influence on airdrop operations. This work relies on particle image velocimetry measurements combined with a vortex-tracking approach. Complex vortex dynamics is revealed, in terms of vortex positions, intensities, sizes, shapes and fluctuation levels, for both closed and opened cargo-door and ramp airdrop configurations.
Experimental investigation of the vortical activity in the close wake of a simplified military transport aircraft
Experiments in Fluids ; 54 , 5 ; 1-15
2013
15 Seiten
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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