A development program has demonstrated that hot-wire anemometry can be used successfully on an aircraft in flight to make measurements of wake vortices produced by another aircraft. The probe, whose wires were made of platinum/rhodium, 10 microns in diameter, provides unambiguous results for inflow angles less than about 35 deg. off the probe axis. The high frequency response capability of the hot-wire system allows detailed measurement of the flow structure, and the study of aircraft hazards associated with wake turbulence.


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    Title :

    Hot-wire anemometry for in-flight measurement of aircraft wake vortices


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    Publication date :

    1977-04-01


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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English