Interaction Between a Hovering Maritime Helicopter and Ship Exhaust Plume

What is it about?

In winds from ahead, the hot exhaust gas discharged from a ship's gas turbine engine will create a plume that will pass over the helicopter flight deck. In this study we show for the first time how computational fluid dynamics can be used to predict how the exhaust gas will mix with the air flow over the ship and will interact with a hovering helicopter.

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