NTL Record

Title Aircraft Vortex Wake Descent and Decay under Real Atmospheric Effects
Record ID 50255
Personal Name
Creator
Lissaman, P.; Crow, S.; MacCready, P., Jr.; Tombach, I.; Bate, E., Jr.
Source 211 p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publication Date 19731001
Language English
Abstract Aircraft vortex wake descent and decay in a real atmosphere is studied analytically. Factors relating to encounter hazard, wake generation, wake descent and stability, and atmospheric dynamics are considered. Operational equations for encounter hazard, wake generation, and atmospheric dynamics are given, including a brief description of a possible automatic meteorological system to provide atmospheric data for an airport wake forecasting program. A new analysis for Crow instability in ambient turbulence is given, expressing time-to-linkage as an explicit function of the turbulent dissipation.
Rosap ID dot:11647
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11647
TRT Terms Wakes; Vortices; Descent; Flight paths; Air traffic control
General Subjects Atmospheric effects; Vortex transport and decay; Kolmorgorov Spectra; Trailing vortices; Vortex decay
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Air Traffic Control
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1682010
Report Number DOT-TSC-FAA-73-20; FAA-RD-73-120
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50200/50255/AD771311.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository