Intensification of aircraft wake vortices in crosswind shear

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Mokry, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

CROSSWIND SHEAR;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0037362386     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3111     Document Type: Article

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