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Wind Flow Simulation Around NASA KSC Vehicle Assembly BuildingA model of the wind flow conditions around Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Vehicle Assembly Building (VA B) is presented. An incompressible Navier-Stokes flow solver was used to compute the flow field around fixed Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) buildings and structures. The 3-D flow field. including velocity magnitude and velocity vectors, was established to simulate the localized wind speeds and directions at specified locations in and around LC-39 buildings and structures. The results of this study not only help explain the physical phenomena of the flow patterns around LC-39 buildings but also are useful to the Shuttle personnel. Current Operations and Maintenance Requirements and Specifications (OMRS) for vehicle transfer operations are based on empirically derived historical data, and no detailed mathematical analysis of wind conditions around LC-39 structures has ever been accomplished.
Document ID
20120003437
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Vu, B. T.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Verdier, M. J.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
July 11, 2004
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics
Report/Patent Number
KSC-2004-064
Meeting Information
Meeting: Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
Location: Charlotte, NC
Country: United States
Start Date: July 11, 2004
End Date: July 15, 2004
Sponsors: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
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