Aircraft have evolved into extremely complex systems that require adapted methodologies
and tools for an efficient design process. A theoretical formulation based on exergy …

There is currently a growing interest in the area of drag reduction of unmanned aerial
vehicles. In this paper, the swarming flight of the fixed-wing drones and a load balancing …

This paper explores the modeling of wake vortices to estimate the wake vortex effect in
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) close formation flight. A continuous horseshoe vortex …

A canonical study is developed to investigate the unsteady interactions of a streamwise-
oriented vortex impinging upon a finite surface using high-fidelity simulation. As a model …

Large-eddy simulations (LES) have been employed to investigate the far-field four-vortex
wake vortex evolution over 10min behind an aircraft formation. In formation flight scenarios …

The interaction of meandering tip vortices shed from a leading wing with a downstream wing
was investigated experimentally in a water tunnel using flow visualization, particle image …

Formation flight is one potential measure to increase the efficiency of aviation. Flying in the
upwash region of an aircraft's wake vortex field is aerodynamically advantageous. It saves …

A numerical study is conducted to characterize the tip vortex unsteady evolution on a
rounded-tip NACA0012 wing of aspect ratio operating at a Reynolds number of R e= 2.0× 10 …

Impingement of a streamwise-oriented vortex upon a fin, tail, blade or wing represents a
fundamental class of flow–structure interaction that extends across a range of applications. It …

This article explores the three-dimensional flow structure of a streamwise-oriented vortex
incident on a finite aspect-ratio wing. The vertical positioning of the incident vortex relative to …