Aircraft Wake Vortices: An Assessment of the Current Situation

Abstract

The state of knowledge about aircraft wake vortices in the summer of 1990 is summarized. With the advent of a new FAA wake vortex program, the current situation was assessed by answering five questions: (1) What do we know about wake vortices, (2) what don't we know about wake vortices, (3) what are the requirements and limitations for operational systems to solve the wake vortex problems, (4) where do we go from here, and (5) why do we need to collect more wake vortex data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA231658

Entities

People

  • J. N. Hallock

Organizations

  • John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flight Paths
  • Measurement
  • Test Facilities
  • Transportation
  • Turbulence
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.