The finite element modeling and thermal analysis of the special focal plane of LAMOST

Heng Zuo; Dehua Yang; Guoping Li

doi:10.1117/12.856241

6 August 2010 The finite element modeling and thermal analysis of the special focal plane of LAMOST

Heng Zuo, Dehua Yang, Guoping Li

Proceedings Volume 7733, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III; 77335I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856241
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Large Area Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope with a 40m optical axis between the reflecting Schmidt plate and the spherical primary mirror. In the middle is located the spherical focal plane, through which there are corresponding 4000+ unit mounting holes for the fibers, and on its back, there attached a support truss adapted from Serrurier concept. The mechanical stabilization of the focal plane system naturally has magnificent impact on the observation efficiency of the LAMOST. A comprehensive Finite Element Model of the focal plane system has been built to evaluate thermally induced degradation of its mechanical accuracy using the nodal modification technique within ANSYS, and diverse temperature load cases have been considered on the Finite Element model and related thermal analyses have been carried out to investigate thermal deformation of the focal plane. Subsequently the calculated deflection of the working surface has been extracted and reconstructed with least square fitting in MATLAB. The results show that temperature change around the telescope has little effect on the performance of the focal plane within temperature variation requirements of the LAMOST. The methods of modeling and analyzing used in this research are informative for future large telescope projects.

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Heng Zuo, Dehua Yang, and Guoping Li "The finite element modeling and thermal analysis of the special focal plane of LAMOST", Proc. SPIE 7733, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III, 77335I (6 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856241

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