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Study on the Influence of a Wake Vortex on an ARJ21 Aircraft Using the Strip Method

Weijun Pan^*, Jingkai Wang, Hao Wang, Yuming Luo

Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan, 618307, China

* Corresponding Author: Weijun Pan. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Functional Materials)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2022, 18(5), 1495-1509. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.019018

Received 29 August 2021; Accepted 10 December 2021; Issue published 27 May 2022

Abstract

A model for the vortex distribution in the wake of an aircraft is elaborated to investigate the wake influence on the behaviour of other aircrafts potentially interacting with it. As a realistic case, the interaction of an ARJ21 aircraft with a (leading) A330-200 aircraft is considered. Different distances are considered, namely, 6 km, 7 km, 8 km, 9.3 km, and 10 km. Simulations based on the used wake dissipation mechanism are used to investigate different conditions, namely, the ARJ21 in take-off and level flight and the changes induced in the related lift by the front aircraft A330-200 during landing. The induced roll moment is also studied and analyzed by means of a strip method. As a result, the roll moment coefficient is determined to quantify the roll degree of the aircraft when it is influenced by the wake vortex. The results show the overall roll moment coefficient of the considered ARJ21 aircraft is less than 0.05, and the wing roll moment coefficient is less than 0.04. Such results are interpreted and discussed according to existing standards.

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