Aircraft wake vortices are pairs of counter-rotating, helical structures shed from the wingtips of lifting surfaces. Their self-induced descent and mutual interaction govern the spatial and temporal ...

Due to the high operating speeds in cruise flight and the standard 1000 ft. vertical separation in RVSM airspace, wake can be encountered up to 25 nm behind the generating aircraft. Credit: ...

The rotor wake of a helicopter comprises a system of interconnected vortical structures generated by blade tip circulation. The primary tip vortices dominate the near-field flow, convecting downstream ...

Russian researchers have completed another phase of analysis of the domestically-powered Yakovlev SJ-100, examining its aerodynamic characteristics during take-off and landing. The latest version of ...