This paper presents a multiphysics analysis of a space-based communication satellite antenna. Electromagnetic losses due to induced high-frequency surface currents lead to partial, asymmetric heating of the structure, causing stress and deformation. A final electromagnetic analysis is performed on the resulting deformed structure to determine the effect of the deformation on … [Read more...]
Making surface temperature measurements using liquid crystal thermography
Introduction The development of liquid crystal (LC) based thermography overthe past 30 years has provided thermal engineers with a relatively inexpensivetechnique for visualizing and measuring surface temperature. Engineers andscientists have successfully used LC thermography to investigate various thermalphenomena in a wide variety of applications. These applications … [Read more...]