The trailing vortex wake hazard: Beyond the takeoff and landing corridors

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 968-981

  Nelson, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUISE ALTITUDES; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; RALEIGHT-LUDWIG INSTABILITY; TRAILING VORTEX;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT LANDING; AIRPORTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; JET AIRCRAFT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TAKEOFF; VORTEX FLOW;

WAKES;

EID: 19744368962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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