Both one and two dimensional thermal models are used to develop a robust thermal concept.
The first, the Thermal Concept Evaluation (Yeo and Zadnik 2001), is a diagnostic instrument developed based on international research and it was administered to measure changes in students' conceptual understanding of thermal physics.
The gains made by the experimental group in their post-intervention concept evaluation suggest that the use of AIBL is significant in promoting deeper conceptual understanding of thermal physics concepts.
However, none of the permanent thermal mass concepts are optimal in all operational conditions.
Further research is required to investigate how students of different ability respond to AIBL in the learning of thermal physics concepts.
The current research work seeks to provide empirical evidence of the impact of authentic, inquiry-based learning over traditional instruction on the learning of thermal physics concepts in terms of conceptual understanding, student achievement and student self-efficacy.
We build on our previous work to develop strategies for incorporating Ultra Low Temperature/Ultra Low Power (ULT/ULP) electronics, lower voltage power supplies, as well as innovative thermal design concepts for instrument packages.
It was defined that passive thermal control concepts are widely used, excepting autonomous temperature regulation for sensitive components such as batteries, high-precision optics, and some types of sensors.
The main idea of this paper is to present the survey of current tendencies in micro-satellites thermal control concepts that can be rational and useful for posterior missions due to intensive expansion of satellites of such type.
Three novel solar thermal collector concepts derived from the Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) are developed and evaluated through a multi-criteria decision-making methodology, comprising the following techniques: Quality Function Deployment (QFD), the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Pugh selection matrix.
