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wake vortex: a standalone construct

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Aerodynamics

the pair of counter-rotating vortices trailing an aircraft from its wingtips, which persist and endanger following aircraft.

In aerodynamics, wake vortex refers to the pair of counter-rotating vortices trailing an aircraft from its wingtips, which persist and endanger following aircraft. This meaning comes from Gerz (2002) in Progress in Aerospace Sciences.[1]

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References

  1. Gerz, T., Holzäpfel, F., & Darracq, D. (2002). Commercial aircraft wake vortices. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 38(3), 181-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0376-0421(02)00004-0

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