Analysis of Air Dust Pollution in the Transport Compartment of the Launch Vehicle at the Stage of the Pre-launch Preparation

ENG: At the stage of the pre-launch preparation, it is necessary to fulfill very strict environment conditions inside the main fairing where the satellite is located. Namely, it is very important to predict dust concentration inside the main fairing and especially near satellite surface during forced ventilation. To predict air dust pollution inside of main fairing 2D fluid dynamics numerical model has been developed. The governing equations include equation of potential flow to simulate air flow inside the main fairing and equation of pollutant dispersion. Also, empirical model has been used to calculate the number of dust particles fall to the satellite surface. Implicit finite difference schemes of splitting have been used for numerical integration of governing equations. The computer code has been developed on the basis of proposed numerical model. The results of computational experiments to estimate dust concentration field inside the main fairing of the launch vehicle are presented.