OVERVIEW SolAero Technologies Corp. is a leading provider of high efficiency solar cells, solar array panels (SAPs), and composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications. SolAero needed thermal analysis performed on their SAP design that had temperature-dependent absorptivities. Current commercial software does not offer a standard capability for this type of analysis. Since radiative heat loads are calculated prior to the simulation, temperature dependence cannot be modeled, and re-calculating the heat loads during the simulation is computationally expensive and would dramatically increase the solve time. Therefore, to meet this need, ATA supported SolAero by developing a subroutine in Thermal Desktop® and performing the thermal analyses. TASKS PERFORMED & KE

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