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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    Aircraft Wake Vortex Deformation in Turbulent Atmosphere


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    2007 ; München


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    Publication date :

    2007-08-27


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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