Aircraft wake vortex evolution and decay in idealized and real environments: Methodologies, benefits and limitations

Fluid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 65, Issue , 2004, Pages 293-309

  Holzäpfel, Frank ^a   Hofbauer, Thomas ^a   Gerz, T ^a   Schumann, Ulrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 84859710568     PISSN: 09265112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48383-1_19     Document Type: Article

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