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Aircraft Wake Vortices: From Fundamental Research to Operational Application

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Aircraft trailing vortices constitute both a kaleidoscope of instructive fluid dynamics phenomena and a challenge for the sustained development of the safety and capacity of the air-transportation system. This section gives an overview of the wake vortex issue commencing at its historical roots, proceeding with a sketch of the nature and characteristics of wake vortices resulting from field measurement and numerical simulation, and concluding with a depiction of the design and performance of wake vortex simulation systems established for the prediction of dynamic aircraft separations in different flight phases and for sensitivity and risk analysis.

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    The bound vortex is a hypothetical vortex filament located on a lifting line which represents a straight wing. In a uniform flow perpendicular to its axis, the bound vortex experiences a lift force according to the Kutta-Zhukhovski lift theorem.

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Holzäpfel, F., Gerz, T. (2012). Aircraft Wake Vortices: From Fundamental Research to Operational Application. In: Schumann, U. (eds) Atmospheric Physics. Research Topics in Aerospace. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30183-4_14

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