Recent Nasa Wake-Vortex Flight Tests, Flow-Physics Database and Wake-Development Analysis

Document Number: 985592

Date Published: September 1998

Author(s):
Dan Vicroy - NASA Langley Research Center
Paul M. Vijgen - Boeing Commercial Aircraft Division
Heidi Reimer - Boeing Commercial Aircraft Division
Joey Gallegos - Boeing Commercial Aircraft Division
Philippe Spalart - Boeing Commercial Aircraft Division

Abstract:
A series of flight tests over the ocean of a four-engine turboprop airplane in the cruise configuration have provided a data set for improved understanding of wake vortex physics and atmospheric interaction. An integrated database has been compiled for wake-characterization and validation of wake-vortex computational models. This paper describes the wake-vortex flight tests, the data processing, the database development and access, and results obtained from preliminary wake-characterization analysis using the data sets.

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