Study of aircraft wake vortex behavior near the ground

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 580-589

  Zheng, Z C ^a,b   Ash, Robert L ^a,b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VORTEX FLOW; WAKE; WAKES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND EFFECT; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VISCOUS FLUID; VORTEX PAIR; VORTICITY;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0029656836     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13107     Document Type: Article

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