Extreme Winds and Their Vertical Profile at SLC-6 Launch Pad, Vandenberg AFB, California.

Abstract

The study of extreme winds and their vertical profile at SLC-6 launch pad, Vandenberg AFB, CA was conducted to aid in the determination of wind loadings for the launch pad complex. Data sets from micromet wind Towers 300 and 301 were used in the analysis. Results from the extreme-value statistics indicate that winds greater than 60 kt will most likely occur at the launch site in a 10-year return period during the winter season from the south and east. For winds less than 40 kt the vertical wind profile was generally explained by the turbulent boundary layer power-law profile equation. Winds greater than 40 kt overcame the effect of surface friction resulting in excessive winds at all levels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040094

Entities

People

  • Tamzy J. Cunningham

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Equations
  • Geography
  • Layers
  • New York
  • Ridges
  • Space Shuttles
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • United States
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Missile Defense Systems.