Mechanical and thermal performance of C/SiC composites for SPICA mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 366-373

  Ozaki, T ^a   Kume, M ^a   Oshima, T ^a   Nakagawa, T ^b   Matsumoto, T ^b   Kaneda, H ^b   Murakami, H ^b   Kataza, K ^b   Enya, K ^b   Yui, Y ^b   Onaka, T ^c   Kroedel, M ^d  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c University of Tokyo   (Japan)

^d ECM   (Germany)

Author keywords

C SiC composites; Pitch Carbon fiber; Specific Stiffness; SPICA; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MIRRORS; SILICON CARBIDE; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

PITCH-CARBON FIBERS; SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPE FOR COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS (SPICA); SPECIFIC STIFFNESS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044282395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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