Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and Their Enclosures (Paperback)

Foreword.- Preface.- 1 Radio Astronomy and Radio Telescopes.- 2 Radio Telescope Constructions in View of Thermal Aspects.- 3 Telescope Enclosures.- 4 The Variable Thermal Environment.- 5 Calculation of Solar Illumination.- 6 Temperature Measurements and FEM Thermal Deformation Calculations.- 7 Heat Transfer.- 8 Radiative Coupling towards Sky and Ground (External View Factor).- 9 Measured Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes.- 10 Measured Thermal Behaviour of Enclosures.- 11 Thermal Model Calculations.- 12 Beam Formation and Beam Degradation.- 13 Thermal Tolerances.- 14 Optical Telescopes and Enclosures.- 15 A Summary and Further Studies.- A Units and Fundamental Constants.- B Average Value, Root Mean Square Value (rms).- C Pointing Model.- D Zernike Polynomials.- E Literature.- F Picture and Graphic Credits.