Initial development of high accuracy carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) reflector segment for the 60-meters submillimeter telescope

Yuan Qian; Xufeng Hao; Bing Li; Yaohui Shi; Deng’an Cai; Jian Deng; Zheng Lou; Yingxi Zuo

doi:10.1117/12.2560209

13 December 2020 Initial development of high accuracy carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) reflector segment for the 60-meters submillimeter telescope

Yuan Qian, Xufeng Hao, Bing Li, Yaohui Shi, Deng’an Cai, Jian Deng, Zheng Lou, Yingxi Zuo

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Proceedings Volume 11451, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV; 114512H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560209
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The 60-meters submillimeter telescope is a large astronomical facility under proposed with the advantages of high sensitivity and large field of view, which mainly planned to observe the low temperature gas and dust in the universe. The aperture of primary reflector is 60 meters, and the requirement of surface error is 30μm rms which enables it to observe in the wavelength of 0.65mm to 3mm. In order to achieve the high accuracy requirements of telescope, the primary reflector is design to be composed of CFRP segments in one of the conceptual design schemes, similar to Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). The natural limit of surface accuracy and pointing accuracy of telescope will be improved after the application of CFRP with the advantages of high specific stiffness and low thermal expansion, etc. This paper describes the initial development of a 3 meters prototype CFRP reflector segment, mainly including the design process of support truss and manufacture status of panel and truss.

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Yuan Qian, Xufeng Hao, Bing Li, Yaohui Shi, Deng’an Cai, Jian Deng, Zheng Lou, and Yingxi Zuo "Initial development of high accuracy carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) reflector segment for the 60-meters submillimeter telescope", Proc. SPIE 11451, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV, 114512H (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560209

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