A sensitivity study for aircraft wake vortex transport has been conducted using a validated large eddy simulation (LES) model. The study assumes neutrally stratified and nonturbulent environments and includes the consequences of the ground. The numerical results show that the nondimensional lateral transport is primarily influenced by the magnitude of the ambient crosswind and is insensitive to aircraft type. In most of the simulations, the ground effect extends the lateral position of the downwind vortex about one initial vortex spacing (b/sub o/) in the downstream direction. Further extension by as much as one b/sub o/ occurs when the downwind vortex remains "in ground effect" (IGE) for relatively long periods of time. Results also show that a layer-averaged ambient wind velocity can be used to bound the time for lateral transport of wake vortices to ensure safe operations on a parallel runway.


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    Title :

    Wake vortex transport in proximity to the ground


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    Publication date :

    2000-01-01


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    713883 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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