• DocumentCode
    870047
  • Title

    Thermal behavior of millimeter wavelength radio telescopes

  • Author

    Greve, A. ; Dan, M. ; Penalver, J.

  • Author_Institution
    IRAM, Granada, Spain
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    11/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1375
  • Lastpage
    1388
  • Abstract
    The passive and/or active thermal control of significant structural components, for instance the backstructure and the feed legs, of the IRAM 15-m MM and 30-m MM wavelengths telescopes is discussed, and their thermal behavior is illustrated. The design of the thermal protection was supported by dynamic time-dependent model calculations, which are explained and compared with in situ recorded temperatures of the telescope components
  • Keywords
    radiotelescopes; temperature control; IRAM; active thermal control; backstructure; dynamic time-dependent model calculations; feed legs; millimeter wavelength radio telescopes; passive thermal control; structural components; thermal behavior; thermal protection; Apertures; Control systems; Millimeter wave technology; Protection; Radio astronomy; Radio control; Telescopes; Temperature; Thermal expansion; Thermal loading;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/8.202715
  • Filename
    202715