Modeling and Simulation of Jet-and Wake-Flow-Induced Velocity of Aircraft

The jet-and wake-flow-induced velocities of aircraft were analyzed in this study. Wake vortex and jet flow models were established, and the induced velocity of the aircraft was simultaneously simulated in the wake flow field. Then, the flow field of the aircraft was computed via computational fluid dynamics(CFD), the results of which were compared with those of the wake vortex models. The comparison showed that the errors computed using the wake vortex models were large, which suggests that the wake flow field should be computed via CFD within 100 m of the aircraft tail; these results are consistent with the CFD results beyond 100 m from the aircraft tail, and the wake vortex models meet the accuracy requirements.