28 October 2021 Adjustable carbon fiber reinforced plastic panel for a large-aperture telescope
Mikhail Arkhipov, Andrei Lyakhovets, Evgeny Golubev, Elena Kotsur, Andrey M. Baryshev
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Abstract

Segmented mirrors are commonly used to construct large-aperture telescopes. We present a methodology for structural analysis and experimental results of an adjustment of a mm- to far-IR range (10 mm to 70  μm) segmented mirror panel to correct its deviation from an optimum paraboloid of rotation. The panel is made of high-modulus carbon fiber–reinforced plastic and has a shape of a 15-deg sector with a 1207  ×  390  mm2 reflecting surface area. A system of mechanically operated adjusters for correcting large-scale surface deformations is described. We used our original method to correct fabrication errors and improved the surface shape accuracy from 23.8 to 4.5  μm (RMS values). The method is based on distance-to-target-surface minimization using vector influence functions and arbitrary movements. The results of the long-term panel shape stability monitoring and the effect of cooling the panel down to 77 K are also presented.

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Mikhail Arkhipov, Andrei Lyakhovets, Evgeny Golubev, Elena Kotsur, and Andrey M. Baryshev "Adjustable carbon fiber reinforced plastic panel for a large-aperture telescope," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 7(4), 044001 (28 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.4.044001
Received: 24 May 2021; Accepted: 14 October 2021; Published: 28 October 2021
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes

Carbon

Actuators

Finite element methods

Mirrors

Reflectivity

Segmented mirrors

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