Visualization and Analysis of Vortex Features in Helicopter Rotor Wakes
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Vortex interactions in helicopter rotor wakes are visualized using enhanced flow visualization techniques, which in turn play a crucial role in understanding the dynamics of these complex flows. Iso-surfaces are clipped in a 3D volume to reduce visual clutter. Flow textures are improved to highlight vortical flow structure and vortex-wake interactions. These visualization techniques are applied to three Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of helicopter flow fields. The presented techniques provide a good depiction of rotor tip vortices in these flows.
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