Aircraft wake-vortex evolution in ground proximity: Analysis and parameterization

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 218-227

  Holzäpfel, Frank ^a   Steen, Meiko ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; SHEAR LAYERS; ULTRASONIC ANEMOMETERS; WAKE-VORTEX MODELS;

AIRCRAFT; ANEMOMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846695033     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23917     Document Type: Article

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