Numerical study of wake vortex interaction with the ground using the terminal area simulation system

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Proctor, Fred H ^a   Han, Jongil ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DECAY (ORGANIC); GROUND EFFECT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKES;

AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES; MODEL FORMULATION; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; VORTEX SEPARATION; VORTEX TRANSPORT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84983165265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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