Vortex Wakes of Conventional Aircraft

Abstract

A review is made of the present state of our knowledge of the vortex wakes of conventional aircraft. Included are discussions of wake rollup, geometry, instability, and turbulent aging. In the light of these discussions, a brief review is made of the persistence of vortices in the atmosphere, and design techniques which might be used to minimize wake hazard are considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA011605

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Bilanin
  • Coleman Dup. Donaldson

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Reynolds Number
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Standing Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design