An updated NASA atmospheric turbulence model, from 0 to 200 km altitude, which was developed to be more realistic and less conservative when applied to space shuttle reentry engineering simulation studies involving control system fuel expenditures is presented. The prior model used extreme turbulence (3 sigma) for all altitudes, whereas in reality severe turbulence is patchy within quiescent atmospheric zones. The updated turublence model presented is designed to be more realistic. The prior turbulence statistics (sigma and L) were updated and were modeled accordingly.


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    Title :

    New Atmospheric Turbulence Model for Shuttle Applications


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    52 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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