The thin-walled lenticular deployable composite (LDC) boom can achieve folding and
deployment functions by storing and releasing strain energy. In this paper, analytical models …

Burning fossil fuels releases a tremendous amount of greenhouse gases and causes
destructive environmental impacts including air pollution, acid rain, and climate change …

In this paper, a two-stage square parabolic concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) receiver dish
with an overall geometric concentration ratio of 500 suns is designed to provide a uniform …

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) demonstrate the advantages of light weight,
high strain rate, high strength, high stiffness, self-locking and self-deployment. In this study …

The objective of this work is to individuate the best strategy to determine the layout of a
thermodynamic plant based on the concentration of solar flux by means of a large number of …

Ray tracing software, digital close range photogrammetry and the Monte-Carlo ray-tracing
method have proven to be precise and efficient measurement techniques for the assessment …

High-flux solar furnaces distributed throughout the world have been designed and
constructed individually, ie, on a one-by-one basis because there are several possible …

We analytically, experimentally and computationally explore the solar radiation flux
distribution in the interior region of a spherical mirror and compare it to that of a paraboloidal …

A rotary solar furnace is conceptually introduced. In contrast to a conventional solar furnace,
where the concentrator is fixed, in a rotary solar furnace both the concentrator and the …

In this paper, an optical structure design for a solar furnace is described. Based on this
configuration, Monte Carlo ray tracing simulations are carried out to analyze the influences …