THERMAL TESTING OF EXPANDABLE SOLAR COLLECTORS

Abstract

The solar collector test program was initiated to determine the structural response of expandable and unfurlable solar collectors to a simulated space thermal environment. The heating of the collectors was by T-3 infrared heat lamps, and cooling was obtained by liquid nitrogen boil-off. The collector structures in both instances performed as expected and no unusual deflections were measured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0649246

Entities

People

  • Allan W. Gunderson

Organizations

  • Flight Dynamics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accumulators
  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Deflection
  • Expandable Structures
  • Governments
  • Instrumentation
  • Nitrogen
  • Pneumatic Actuators
  • Solar Collectors
  • Structural Response
  • Test Sets
  • Thermocouples
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster