Behavior of Aircraft wake vortices subjected to wind shear

21st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hofbauer, Thomas ^a   Holzäpfel, Frank ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; SHEAR FLOW; WAKES;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AIRCRAFT SEPARATION; AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES; BEHAVIOR PATTERNS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARAMETER STUDIES; VORTICITY STRUCTURE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85067318630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-3813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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