This study models the wake-induced downwash of an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft and the wake’s effects on a trailing aircraft’s dynamic stability when intersecting the wake trail. The Proctor wake vortex model is used to compute the wake-induced downwash over a 0.8 × 0.8 nautical mile flight area. The model is complemented by core radius growth, Proctor single phase wake decay, wake propagation, and Lamb wake aging. The wake data is then stored and loaded to the trailing aircraft as an atmospheric condition to affect the dynamics. Preliminary simulations include modeling the downwash from multiple UAM aircraft over the flight area and determining the normalized wake reduction at the ICAO 5 nautical mile separation criteria for a LIGHT aircraft trailing a MEDIUM aircraft.


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    Title :

    Wake Vortex Effects Between Urban Air Mobility Aircraft


    Contributors:
    Joshua Baculi (author) / Nhan Nguyen (author) / Wendy A. Okolo (author) / Juntao Xiong (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech Forum ; 2023 ; National Harbor, MD, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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