Thermal analysis of a reflective baffle designed for space applications

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 69, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 323-334

  Beck, T ^a   Luthi B S ^a   Messina, G ^b   Piazza, D ^a   Seiferlin, K ^a   Thomas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baffle; BELA; BepiColombo; Kleinhans; Laser altimeter; Stavroudis; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

BAFFLE; BELA; BEPICOLOMBO; KLEINHANS; LASER ALTIMETER; STAVROUDIS; THERMAL MODEL;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79958849214     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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