Thermal performance prediction of the TMT optics

Myung Cho; Andrew Corredor; Shane Pootrakul; Konstantinos Vogiatzis; George Angeli

doi:10.1117/12.789212

16 July 2008 Thermal performance prediction of the TMT optics

Myung Cho, Andrew Corredor, Shane Pootrakul, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, George Angeli

Proceedings Volume 7017, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy III; 701716 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789212
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Thermal analysis for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) optics (the primary mirror segment, the secondary mirror, and the tertiary mirror) was performed using finite element analysis in ANSYS and I-DEAS. In the thermal analysis, each of the optical assemblies (mirror, mirror supports, cell) was modeled for various thermal conditions including air convections, conductions, heat flux loadings, and radiations. The thermal time constant of each mirror was estimated and the temperature distributions of the mirror assemblies were calculated under the various thermal loading conditions. The thermo-elastic analysis was made to obtain the thermal deformation based on the resulting temperature distributions. The optical performance of the TMT optics was evaluated from the thermally induced mirror deformations. The goal of this thermal analysis is to establish thermal models by the FEA programs to simulate for an adequate thermal environment. These thermal models can be utilized for estimating the thermal responses of the TMT optics. In order to demonstrate the thermal responses, various sample time-dependent thermal loadings were modeled to synthesize the operational environment. Thermal responses of the optics were discussed and the optical consequences were evaluated.

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Myung Cho, Andrew Corredor, Shane Pootrakul, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, and George Angeli "Thermal performance prediction of the TMT optics", Proc. SPIE 7017, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy III, 701716 (16 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789212

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