1 ATST Project data Title: Análisis numérico para determinar la localización del telescopio ATST Company: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Period: 01/05/ /07/2005 Collaborators: Joan Baiges, Daniel Pérez
2 Objectives To model turbulent air flow around telescope enclosures To compute pressure spectra To compute turbulent parameters (integral length and integral time) To propose a numerical model to compute optical parameters of the site
3 Key numerical ingredients Stabilized finite element method LES turbulence model Statistical CFD data treatment Numerical integration procedures along light beams
4 Results I
5 Results II Pressures. East wind of 1 m/s.
6 Results III Velocity norm. East wind of 1 m/s.
7 Results IV Velocity vectors. East wind of Vent 1 m/s.
8 Results V
9 Results VI