Contrail formation in aircraft wakes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 502, Issue , 2004, Pages 361-373

  Paoli, Roberto ^a   Hélie, Jerome ^b   Poinsot, Thierry ^b  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; JET ENGINES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERSATURATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT WAKES; EXHAUST DISPERSIONS; ICE CRYSTALS; WING TIP TRAILING VORTEX;

WAKES;

AIRCRAFT; EXHAUST EMISSION; FLUID MECHANICS; JET ENGINE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 16544383210     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003007808     Document Type: Article

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