Climatic test bench for structural elements of parabolic reflectors

A bench was developed for climatic tests of the structural elements of large antenna arrays. Because of the mobility of the unit for programmed implementation of the recording operations, connection of both the F-30K measuring complex and similar complexes for investigation of slowly variable processes and of the measuring complex based on the Elektronika TZ-16M computer is possible, which provides complete automation of the process of measurement and recording of the thermal pattern of the structural elements of antenna arrays during rapidly variable heat transfer processes. The temperature fields of fragments of the reflecting surface of large parabolic concentrating systems were investigated on the bench.