Analysis of infinite louver array, employed on spacecraft for active thermal control led to 7 equations; 6 of them form simultaneous set which describes heat-transfer characteristics of array, and seventh gives its relative thermal performance in terms of effective emissivity; equations are solved numerically, and effective emissivity is plotted as function of louver blade position for various values of dimensionless parameters that appear in governing heat-transfer equations; results are compared with experimental results obtained for Mariner II spacecraft louver system.


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    Title :

    Analysis of movable louvers for temperature control


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


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    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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