A novel approach for designing parabolic mirrors using optimized compliant bands

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Li, Lifang ^a   Kecskemethy, Andres ^b   Arif, A F M ^c   Dubowsky, Steven ^d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Low cost fabrication; Parabolic mirrors; Solar collectors

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COSTS REDUCTION; FLAT MIRRORS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW COST FABRICATION; PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS; REAR SURFACES; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 84863594766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-47096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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