Case Studies in Modeling Cruise-Generated Trailing Vortices

What is it about?

Trailing vortices generated by three jet transport aircraft in high altitude cruising flight, have been measured together with the prevailing environmental conditions in detail by a research aircraft. The predictions of wake vortex transport and decay by two fast-time wake vortex model versions have been compared to the observations and the models' suitability for onboard wake vortex prediction and warning during cruise have been discussed.

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