The Exploration of Solar Sails
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.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.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10829/3303 | |
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 |
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