The FAR-Wake project contained four major Work Packages. In the first, studies related to the dynamics and instabilities of one or several vortices were considered. The second Work Package introduced additional features: jets from engine exhaust, and wakes (axial velocity deficits) generated by the fuselage or other wing elements. The third Work Package considered wake evolution near the ground, with special emphasis on the prediction of wake behaviour in this situation. The fourth Work Package deals with synthesis and assessment.

In the majority of cases, emphasis was put on the study of simplified geometries and generic vortex configurations, which facilitated the use of different complementary approaches. In support of new experimental and numerical investigations, theoretical/analytical treatment is applied, with the aim of obtaining a systematic description and comprehension of the phenomena. Furthermore, extensive use was made of results and data from previous projects or available databases.

The confrontation and comparison of different sets of results would validate the findings and make the description of the studied phenomena more complete. At the end, an important effort was made to provide a synthesis of all the new fundamental results obtained, and to assess their relevance for the wake turbulence problem for real aircraft. Certain features found to be promising for the acceleration of wake decay, such as flows with multiple wake vortices, were analysed and tested in a realistic configuration, using numerical simulations and experiments in a large-scale towing tank facility.