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Wake Vortex Behavior

Wake Vortex Behavior is a fluid dynamic phenomenon characterized by the generation, evolution, and dissipation of trailing vortices behind an aircraft in flight, distinguished by its influence on local airflow patterns and potential hazards to following aircraft within airport microclimates.

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Vortex Dynamics in the Cylinder Wake

C. H. K. Williamson · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1996 · 3.4K citations

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Experiments on the flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

D. J. Tritton · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1959 · 1.1K citations

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An experimental study of round jets in cross-flow

Richard Kelso, T. T. Lim, A. E. Perry · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1996 · 706 citations

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Vortical patterns in the wake of an oscillating airfoil

Manoochehr Koochesfahani · AIAA Journal · 1989 · 667 citations

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Secondary vortices in the wake of circular cylinders

Timothy Wei, C. R. Smith · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1986 · 268 citations

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Authors

712

  1. FH
    Frank Holzäpfel

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    29 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. TG
    Thomas Gerz

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    11 publications · 479 citations

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  3. AS
    Anton Stephan

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    10 publications · 280 citations

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  4. FP
    Fred Proctor

    Langley Research Center, United States

    10 publications · 535 citations

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  5. GW
    Grégoire Winckelmans

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    9 publications · 264 citations

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Institutions

253

  1. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    24 h-index

    120 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    16 h-index

    39 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    461 citations

  4. Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales

    Palaiseau, France

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    425 citations

  5. Northwest Research Associates

    Redmond, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    470 citations

  6. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    533 citations

  7. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    7 h-index

    26 publications

    982 citations

  8. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    476 citations

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  1. Journal of Aircraft

    36 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Aerospace Science and Technology

    AST · 17 publications · 469 citations

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  3. AIAA Journal

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    10 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. Journal of Fluids and Structures

    8 publications · 521 citations

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