Title Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures Author(s) Greve, Albert;Bremer, Michael Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. Description X, 420 p. 249 illus : online resource Abstract Note 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 unpredictable way. Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures reviews the design and construction principles of radio telescopes in view of thermal aspects and heat transfer with the variable thermal environment; it explains supporting thermal model calculations and the application and efficiency of thermal protection and temperature control; it presents many measurements illustrating the thermal behaviour of telescopes in the environment of their observatory sites. The book benefits scientists and radio/communication engineers, telescope designers and construction firms as well as telescope operators, observatory staff, but also the observing astronomer who is directly confronted with the thermal behaviour of a telescope ISBN,Price 9783642038679 Keyword(s) 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 2. Astronomy???Observations 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer 6. Heat engineering 7. HEAT TRANSFER 8. MASS TRANSFER 9. Observations, Astronomical 10. THERMODYNAMICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08513     On Shelf