26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-11.8.3 (AIAA 2008-8921)

AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTEX SCENARIOS SIMULATION FOR TAKE-OFF AND DEPARTURE

F. Holzäpfel, J. Kladetzke, S. Amelsberg*, H. Lenz, C. Schwarz, I. De Visscher**
DLR, Germany; *TU Berlin, Germany; **Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Keywords: wake vortex, departure, crosswind, encounter frequency, risk assessment

The WakeScene-D software package allows comprehensive airspace simulations for take-off and departure. Monte-Carlo simulations of traffic mix, aircraft trajectories, meteorological conditions, wake vortex evolution, and potential hazard are performed. In the EU-project CREDOS WakeScene-D is used to estimate wake-vortex encounter probabilities for crosswind dependent reduction of aircraft separations.

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