Space Grant Consortium - University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Figure 2: Screen I mage o f G UI. This image shows the GUI created to allow the user to plot
different characteristics of the circulation properties in wake vortices. In this instance, the
circulation strength has been plotted against the age of the vortex for both positive and negative
vortices. The maximum and minimum values are shown to the right side of the plot window and
the image has been saved as Test1.
Results & Conclusions
The program MATLAB was used to create the GUI for this project. The final script has achieved
everything i t w as m eant t o do a nd w orks a ccordingly. The da ta t hat has be en i mported i s
experimental data collected through lidar detection of wake vortices. The next step in this project
would be to incorporate the analytical models for wake vortex circulation and compare the two
data s ets. Th e GUI w ould ha ve t o be c reated t o a llow t he us er t o i nput the different
environmental variables of each test.
Once this was done, the data could then be compared to determine the validity of the different
analytical models. If it c ould be shown that the experimental data and a nalytical models were
very close with very little percent error, it would be possible to use this information to impose
new r egulations on t he timing of a ircraft l andings. T hese regulations would be m uch m ore
precise t han t he ol d r egulations a nd w ould f luctuate de pending on t he weather a nd ot her airinfluencing
circumstances at the time of landing. In the end, the increased knowledge on w ake
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