Friction drive and bogies for OWL's main axes, technological step backwards or cost effective alternative?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4840, Issue , 2002, Pages 497-508

  Brunette, E ^a   Koch, F ^a   Biancat Marchet, F ^a   Dimmler, M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs analyses; Mechanical design; OWL; Performance analyses

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FRICTION; MAINTENANCE; OPTICAL DESIGN; RELIABILITY;

COST ANALYSES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037649983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459931     Document Type: Article

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