Wake-vortex topology, circulation, and turbulent exchange processes

AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holzäpfel, Frank ^a   Misaka, Takashi ^a   Hennemann, Ingo ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; COHERENT VORTEX STRUCTURES; POSTPROCESSING METHODS; REDISTRIBUTION PROCESS; STRATIFIED ENVIRONMENTS; TURBULENT EXCHANGE PROCESS; VORTICITY STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84880805383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-7992     Document Type: Conference Paper

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