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Old 05-06-2008, 08:46 AM
C. Beaty C. Beaty is offline
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Wingtip vortices mark the boundary between the sheet of air that is accelerated downward by the wings and the undisturbed air.

The vortex sheet contracts as it accelerates in accordance with Bernoulli, drawing the vortices closer together.

The vortices themselves expand from centripetal acceleration and the effects of friction winning.
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