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Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and Their Enclosures

Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and Their Enclosures

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Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Book 364

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 3642263097
ISBN13: 9783642263095
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 28 2012
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Radio telescopes as well as communication antennas operate under the influence of gravity, temperature and wind. Among those, temperature influences may degrade the performance of a radio telescope through transient changes of the focus, pointing, path length and sensitivity, often in an unpredictable way. Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures reviews the design and construction principles of radio telescopes in view of thermal aspects and heat transfer with the variable thermal environment; it explains supporting thermal model calculations and the application and efficiency of thermal protection and temperature control; it presents many measurements illustrating the thermal behaviour of telescopes in the environment of their observatory sites.

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