Analysis of Potential Wake Turbulence Encounters in Current and NextGen Flight Operations

Wake vortices pose a threat to a following aircraft, because they can induce a roll and compromise the safety of everyone on board. Caused by a difference in pressure between the upper and the lower part of the wings, these invisible flows of air are a major hazard and have to be avoided by separati...

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Main Author: Schroeder, Nataliya
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40924
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02042011-134736/