Conceptual design and study of high precision translational stages: Application to an optical delay line

Precision Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Mekid, Samir ^a,b   Bonis, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b Higher College of Technology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air bearing; Delay line; Error budget; Error movement; Finite element modeling analysis; High precision; Rolling contact

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

OPTICAL DELAY LINE; ROLLING CONTACT;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0031176643     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0141-6359(97)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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