Numerical simulations of commercial aircraft wakes subjected to airport surface weather conditions

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-26

  Ash, Robert L ^a,c,e   Zheng, Z Charlie ^b,d,e  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^d MS 11 B

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; KINEMATICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFTS; EDDY VISCOSITY; SURFACE WEATHER; VORTEX DECAY;

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0031678753     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2284     Document Type: Article

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