Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures

• Main Authors: Greve, Albert (Author), Bremer, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 364
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

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 unpredictab...