Thermal design optimization of a segmented GFRP primary reflector for a submillimeter telescope

Glenn T. Tsuyuki; Eri J. Cohen

doi:10.1117/12.138002

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16 September 1992 Thermal design optimization of a segmented GFRP primary reflector for a submillimeter telescope

Glenn T. Tsuyuki, Eri J. Cohen

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Proceedings Volume 1690, Design of Optical Instruments; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138002
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Results are presented of a thermal design optimization study of the segmented GFRP primary reflector of the earth-orbiting Submillimeter Imager and Line Survey telescope. The paper examines the thermal requirements of the primary reflector and the thermal environment of the telescope and describes the thermal design of the primary reflector. Particular attention is given to the geometric math model and the thermal math model of the telescope. A summary for the steady-state thermal performance of the optimized design is presented, showing that the optimized design has reduced, by an order of magnitude, structural spatial temperature gradients, which were earlier shown to be the most significant obstacle in maintaining the required telescope figure accuracy.

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Glenn T. Tsuyuki and Eri J. Cohen "Thermal design optimization of a segmented GFRP primary reflector for a submillimeter telescope", Proc. SPIE 1690, Design of Optical Instruments, (16 September 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138002

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