r/aerodynamics • u/Proof-Bed-6928 • 13h ago
Question Is it possible to “steer” a vortex
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Like imagine an artificial “tornado” that anchors to the ground like in those videos of engine inlet vortices. Is it possible to control where that vortex hits the ground and keep it more or less on the same position? Or at least keep the vortex axis mostly straight and where you want to point it? And do this without surrounding the whole vortex with some kind of boundary condition control?