The large adaptive reflector: A giant radio telescope with an aero twist

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-250

  Dewdney, Peter ^a   Nahon, Meyer ^b   Veidt, Bruce ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; TETHERLINES; WIND;

ADAPTIVE REFLECTORS;

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038641931     PISSN: 00082821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/q02-026     Document Type: Review

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