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As explained in the first paragraph of this answer, air will bend inwards on the top of the wing, and outwards on the bottom of the wing. This creates an inward flow component on the top of the wing and a outwards component on the bottom. I'm pretty sure this would create vortices/vortex once the wing has passed. It sounds like what I'm saying might be hard to understand, so maybe try to visualize the flows I was talking about.

So my main question is this : Would this bending of air on the surfaces make one big vortex or multiple smaller ones once the wing has passed? The picture on this answer might help convey what I mean by air bending on the upper and lower surfaces.

Also, how would tip vortices change this, since they contribute to these spanwise flows?

(If that doesn't make sense, I will happily clarify in the comments and edit this question if needed)

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    $\begingroup$ You have already got a very good answer to the present question in another similar question of yours: do you actually read the answers that you get? $\endgroup$
    – sophit
    Commented Dec 27, 2023 at 3:33
  • $\begingroup$ @sophit yeah I recalled reading that answer, but it doesn’t really state anything about how many vortices are created along the wings trailing edge. $\endgroup$
    – Wyatt
    Commented Dec 27, 2023 at 4:08
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    $\begingroup$ How would you count a distributed vortex? $\endgroup$
    – Apfelsaft
    Commented Dec 27, 2023 at 12:12
  • $\begingroup$ One might imagine one giant vortex rolling off the back of a straight wing like a carpet, and more vorticies off a swept wing. A highly swept wing may have fewer, larger vorticies, but more parallel rather than perpendicular to the fuselage. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 27, 2023 at 21:06
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    $\begingroup$ I personally like the picture used on Wikipedia. It explains in a simple way where the vortices form and how the coalesce into the tip vortices. $\endgroup$
    – sophit
    Commented Dec 27, 2023 at 23:00

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