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NASA wake vortex researchNASA is conducting research that will enable safe improvements in the capacity of the nation's air transportation system. The wake-vortex hazard is a factor in establishing the minimum safe spacing between aircraft during landing and takeoff operations and, thus, impacts airport capacity. The ability to accurately model the wake hazard and determine safe separation distances for a wide range of aircraft and operational scenarios may provide the basis for significant increases in airport capacity. Current and planned NASA research is described which is focused on increasing airport capacity by safely reducing wake-hazard-imposed aircraft separations through advances in a number of technologies including vortex motion and decay prediction, vortex encounter modeling, wake-vortex hazard characterization, and in situ flow sensing.
Document ID
19940034064
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Stough, H. P., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Greene, George C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Stewart, Eric C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Stuever, Robert A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Jordan, Frank L., Jr.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Rivers, Robert A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Vicroy, Dan D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1993
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 93-4004
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA, Aircraft Design, Systems and Operations Meeting
Location: Monterey, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 11, 1993
End Date: August 13, 1993
Sponsors: AIAA
Accession Number
94A10719
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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