The study of vortex reconnection was triggered by the pioneering work of Crow (1970), who investigated the sinusoidal instability in a pair of counter-rotating trailing vortices shed from the wingtips ...

Lifting-line theory remains a cornerstone of aerodynamic analysis, providing a framework to predict lift distributions over finite wings through the representation of bound vortices and their trailing ...

Vortex dynamics and the Navier–Stokes equations constitute a cornerstone of fluid dynamics, offering profound insights into the behaviour of complex flows. Vortices, with their swirling motions and ...

Computational fluid dynamics performed by NASA Ames Research Center illustrates the variation in vortices caused by advancing and retreating rotor blades. Credit: NASA The FAA in the past conducted a ...