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

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 17, Issue , 2006, Pages 12977-12992

  Holzäpfel, Frank ^a   Steen, Meiko ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

TWO-PHASE AIRCRAFT WAKE-VORTEX MODEL; ULTRASONIC ANEMOMETERS; VORTEX DECAY;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34250878423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-1077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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