Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures

1. Radio Astronomy and Radio Telescopes
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

2. Radio Telescope Constructions in View of Thermal Aspects
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

3. Telescope Enclosures
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

4. The Variable Thermal Environment
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

5. Calculation of Solar Illumination
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

6. Temperature Measurements and FEM Thermal Deformation Calculations
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

7. Heat Transfer
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

8. Radiative Coupling towards Sky and Ground (External View Factor)
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

9. Measured Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

10. Measured Thermal Behaviour of Enclosures
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

11. Thermal Model Calculations
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

12. Beam Formation and Beam Degradation
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

13. Thermal Tolerances
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

14. Optical Telescopes and Enclosures
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

15. A Summary and Further Studies
Albert Greve, Michael Bremer

Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics