Application of flexure structures to active and adaptive opto-mechanical mechanisms

Lorenzo Zago; Pierre M. Genequand; Ivar Kjelberg; Joseph Morschel

doi:10.1117/12.269023

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21 March 1997 Application of flexure structures to active and adaptive opto-mechanical mechanisms

Lorenzo Zago; Pierre M. Genequand; Ivar Kjelberg; Joseph Morschel

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Proceedings Volume 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269023
Event: Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, 1996, Landskrona/Hven, Sweden

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Active and adaptive structures, also commonly called 'smart' structures, combine in one integrated system various functions such as load carrying and structural function, mechanical (cinematic) functions, sensing, control and actuating. Originally developed for high accuracy opto-mechanical applications, CSEM's technology of flexure structures and flexible mechanisms is particularly suited to solve many structural and mechanical issues found in such active/adaptive mechanisms. The paper illustrates some recent flexure structures developments at CSEM and outlines the comprehensive know-how involved in this technology. This comprises in particular the elaboration of optimal design guidelines, related to the geometry, kinematics and dynamics issues (for instance, the minimization of spurious high frequency effects), the evaluation and predictability of all performance quantities relevant to the utilization of flexure structures in space (reliability, fatigue, static and dynamic modeling, etc.). material issues and manufacturing procedures.

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Lorenzo Zago, Pierre M. Genequand, Ivar Kjelberg, and Joseph Morschel "Application of flexure structures to active and adaptive opto-mechanical mechanisms", Proc. SPIE 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, (21 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269023

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