Calculation of wake vortex structures in the near-field wake behind cruising aircraft

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3089-3095

  Ehret, T ^a   Oertel Jr, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOT SAVART LAW; VORTEX FILAMENT METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHAUST GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIRCRAFT; VORTEX; WAKE;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; EXHAUST EMISSION; VORTEX FLOW;

AIRCRAFT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032168784     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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