Concept of wake vortex behavior classes

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 564-570

  Frech, Michael ^a,b   Zinner, Tobias ^a,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Inst Atmosph Phys O   (Germany)

^c Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW;

COORDINATES; SHEAR NUMBER; STANDARD DEVIATION;

WAKES;

EID: 3042713497     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.55     Document Type: Review

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