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Development of a simple heliostat for science education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K00950
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Science education
Research InstitutionTsuyama National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

Sato Makoto  津山工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 教授 (90413830)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Keywordsヘリオスタット / 分光 / 物理教育 / 太陽光 / モノクロメーター / 分光実験 / 太陽方位センサー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Sun light is a familiar light source which has high intensity, high parallelism, and continuous spectrum. I have developed a simple heliostat to use the sun light for educational light source in a classroom. To control a mirror to lead the sun beam to a desired direction, the orientation of the Sun should be determined with high accuracy (with error less than 0.1 degree). It was recognized that, using a simple equatorial mount, orientation setting error of several degrees in the declination and the right is permissible for practical use.
As a tool for educational usage of the Sun light, a simple spectroscope is made with a DVD-R piece as a transparent grating. The wavelength of spectrum is measured with this tool within the accuracy of 5 nm. Another tool, a simple monochromator is made with a pair of DVD-R pieces. Any wavelength is selected by changing the distance between the DVD-R pieces.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] DVD-R分光器の設計2017

    • Author(s)
      佐藤誠
    • Journal Title

      津山工業高等専門学校紀要

      Volume: 58 Pages: 67-71

    • NAID

      40021197162

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 反射型回折格子を用いたモノクロメータによる太陽光の学生実験への利用2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤誠
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第73回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] DVD-R分光器の設計と利用2016

    • Author(s)
      佐藤誠
    • Organizer
      日本物理教育学会
    • Place of Presentation
      新潟大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 簡易ヘリオスタットによる太陽光線の教室内利用2016

    • Author(s)
      佐藤誠
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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