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== Abstract ==

One way to address the need for increased airspace system capacity is to reduce the separation requirements between aircraft in-flight. A key limiting factor to any reduction in separation is wake turbulence. The potential for aircraft to encounter wake turbulence poses a threat to both safety as well as increased efficiency. This research effort seeks to develop a model that can be used to evaluate the potential for wake encounters in todayâ s flight operations, as well as serve as a tool for evaluating future reduced separation scenarios. The wake encounter model (WEM) achieves this goal by integrating results from NASAâ s TDAWP wake turbulence prediction model with a flight operations model based on radar flight track data. Unique in this modelâ s design, is the ability to evaluate the potential for wake encounters throughout the terminal area versus previous research which has largely been restricted to areas near the runway. Expanding the modelâ s reach provides not only for a more thorough analysis of potential wake encounters, but also creates an effective tool for evaluating future reduced separation scenarios. <p> The WEM model was used to evaluate operations at three metropolitan airspaces in the United States: Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York. The results from these model runs indicated that potential wake encounters in todayâ s operations were few. More importantly, the results from the WEM create a baseline for wake turbulence exposure in todayâ s system, by which future scenarios can be compared against as part of any comprehensive reduced separation safety analysis. Master of Science

== Original document ==

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* [http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34809 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34809],
: [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08272009-230249 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08272009-230249]

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