Large binocular telescope: The control system of the position actuator of the 8.4-m borosilicate honeycomb primary mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3112, Issue , 1997, Pages 132-140

  Miglietta, Luciano ^a   Biliotti, Valdemaro ^a   Braccesi, Claudio ^b   Pante, Vito ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active control system; Actuators; Natural frequency; Primary mirror; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BINOCULARS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MECHANICS; MIRRORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; STIFFNESS; TELESCOPES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM; EXTERNAL FORCING; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE (LBT); LOAD CELLS; MICRON RESOLUTION; NATURAL FREQUENCY; PRIMARY MIRROR; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; TELESCOPE; TOTAL LENGTH; WIND LOADS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0010419041     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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