Thermal-emissivity properties improved, and focal length adjusted. Experiments show gentle blasting with glass beads produces beneficial changes in macroscopic surface shapes and in microscopic surface features of lightweight microwave reflectors made of thin metal reflective surfaces on deformable substrates of aluminum honeycomb.
Glass-Bead Blasting Alters Antenna Surface
NASA Tech Briefs ; 11 , 9
1987-10-01
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