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Advanced solar concentrator: preliminary and detailed design
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Erskine, D. Jakovcevic, A. Matsushita, M. T. Yasuda, A. K. Maraschin, R. A. Carlton, R. Bell, D. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | A single reflection point focusing two-axis tracking paraboloidal dish with a reflector aperture diameter of approximately 11 m has a reflective surface made up of 64 independent, optical quality gores. Each gore is a composite of a thin backsilvered mirror glass face sheet continuously bonded to a contoured substrate of lightweight, rigid cellular glass. The use of largely self-supporting gores allows a significant reduction in the weight of the steel support structure as compared to alternate design concepts. Primary emphasis in the preliminary design package for the low-cost, low-weight, mass producible concentrator was placed on the design of the higher cost subsystems. The outer gore element was sufficiently designed to allow fabrication of prototype gores. |
| File Size | 10718309 |
| Page Count | 253 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810015089 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3324rt4j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Structural Design Gores Glass Solar Collectors Parabolic Reflectors Substrates Fabrication Concentrators Structural Weight Focusing Contours Apertures Mirrors Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
