The Exploration of Solar Sails

Garletts, Nathan

dc.contributor.author	Garletts, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-13T20:13:19Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-13T20:13:19Z
dc.date.issued	2012-12-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10829/3303
dc.description	Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Solar sails are a form of spacecraft that achieve movement through radiation pressure from the sun. My Honors Thesis focuses on a 'heliogyro type' of solar sail, which is essentially long thin blades that rotate around a central hub, very similar to that of a helicopter rotor. The following image is a conceptual view of a heliogyro type solar sail, which was created on ANSYS.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights.uri	https://libraries.alfred.edu/AURA/termsofuse	en_US
dc.subject	Honors thesis	en_US
dc.subject	Solar sails	en_US
dc.subject	Engineering	en_US
dc.subject	ANSYS Simulation Software	en_US
dc.title	The Exploration of Solar Sails	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US