The E-ELT project: the telescope main structure detailed design study

Gianpietro Marchiori; Andrea Busatta; Leonardo Ghedin; Simone De Lorenzi

doi:10.1117/12.927248

17 September 2012 The E-ELT project: the telescope main structure detailed design study

Gianpietro Marchiori, Andrea Busatta, Leonardo Ghedin, Simone De Lorenzi

Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84440O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927248
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is the biggest telescope in the world. Within the Detailed Design activities, ESO has awarded EIE GROUP (European Industrial Engineering) a contract for the Design of the Main Structure to the point where the concept of the telescope has been consolidated, from a construction point of view. All the Design activities have been developed in order to create an integrated system in terms of functionality and performance, while the engineering activities have been performed with the aim of obtaining a telescope that can be built, transported, integrated, with a reduced maintainability.

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Gianpietro Marchiori, Andrea Busatta, Leonardo Ghedin, and Simone De Lorenzi "The E-ELT project: the telescope main structure detailed design study", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84440O (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927248

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