Effect of Ground Wind Shear on Aircraft Trailing Vortices

Burnham, David C.

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Effect of Ground Wind Shear on Aircraft Trailing Vortices

1972-08-01
By Burnham, David C.

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Burnham, David C.
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:

Crosswinds Flow Ground Effect Jets Jet Transports Turbulence Viseid-invicid Flow Interactions Vortices Wakes Wind Shear
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Boston (Massachusetts) ; United States
Corporate Publisher:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Abstract:

The motion of the pair of trailing vortices generated by an aircraft is not well described by simple line vortex theory in the presence of a cross wind near the ground. Experimental observations indicate that the up-wind vortex usually drops to a lower altitude than the down-wind vortex. Figure 1 shows a photograph of this phenomenon where the vortex locations are marked by smoke from a tower. Figure 2 shows typical vortex trajectories measured with pulsed acoustic ranging system developed at this center.
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