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.
Aircraft Wake Vortex Deformation in Turbulent Atmosphere
2007 ; München
Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena ; 2 ; 597-602
2007-08-27
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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