A Computational Study of Unsteady Ship Wake and Vortex Flows

Abstract

The superstructure, deck, and other features of large ships produce a variety of vortex flows generated by sharp edges and massively separated regions. These features are of importance for aircraft and other operations on and around these ships. The ability to predict the airwake over a ship can aid in the development of aircraft operating envelopes and can be used to "diagnose" airwake structures that cause some landing spots to be problematic or unusable. In addition, the ability to predict airwake could be used as a design tool to address air operations early in a ship design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383641

Entities

People

  • Christopher Bruner
  • Susan Polsky

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Data Acquisition
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Reynolds Number
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Wind Tunnel Models
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.