Estimation of Contact Stresses in Small Mirrors

doi:10.1117/3.2265076.ch8

Book: Design and Mounting of Prisms and Small Mirrors in Optical Instruments

Author(s): Paul R. Yoder Jr.

Published: 1998

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2265076.ch8

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Abstract

In this chapter, we summarize the use of equations derived elsewhere that convert mounting forces and geometrical relationships into material stresses. First, we consider compressive stresses in axially clamped mirrors, then radial stresses in mirrors that fit closely radially into their mounts, and then bending stresses due to improperly placed contact regions on mirrors. The final topic considered here (briefly) is teh development of stresses in bonded mirrors.