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Manoharan Bhuvanesh, Girolamo Costanza and Maria Elisa Tata
Closed-cell aluminium foams with different compositions have been manufactured starting from powders and also characterized from a morphological point of view and by means of compressive tests in order to determine mechanical properties. Circularity, equ...
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Girolamo Costanza, Giovanni Ottavio Delle Monache, Maria Elisa Tata and Stefano Filosi
The next generation lunar reflector (NGLR) experiment is one of the experiments selected by NASA in the framework of the commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) initiative. The experiment, inspired by the lunar laser ranging (LLR) experiments of the Apo...
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Gianluigi Bovesecchi, Sandra Corasaniti, Girolamo Costanza, Fabio Piccotti, Michele Potenza and Maria Elisa Tata
A nanofluid is a suspension consisting of a uniform distribution of nanoparticles in a base fluid, generally a liquid. Nanofluid can be used as a working fluid in heat exchangers to dissipate heat in the automotive, solar, aviation, aerospace industries....
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Gianluigi Bovesecchi, Sandra Corasaniti, Girolamo Costanza, Fabrizio Paolo Piferi and Maria Elisa Tata
Space vehicles may be propelled by solar sails exploiting the radiation pressure coming from the sun and applied on their surfaces. This work deals with the adoption of Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) elements in the sail deployment mechanism ac...
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Gianluigi Bovesecchi, Sandra Corasaniti, Girolamo Costanza and Maria Elisa Tata
This work deals with the feasibility and reliability about the use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) as mechanical actuators for solar sail self-deployment instead of heavy and bulky mechanical booms. Solar sails exploit radiation pressure a as propulsion sy...
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