Structural design of the Southern African large telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4837, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 272-283

  Esterhuyse, S Willem P ^b,c   Strydom, De W ^a   Swiegers, Jian ^b,c   Wannenburg, Johann ^a  

^a BKS Group Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

^b SALT   (South Africa)

^c SALT Foundation   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Finite Element Analyses; HET; Mirror Truss; SALT; Southern African Large Telescope; Structural Design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMOANALYSIS;

PRIMARY MIRRORS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038636081     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457952     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. De W. Strydom, J. Wannenburg, Design Report: SALT Telescope Structure, SALT Technical Report, Cape Town, 2001.
2. S.W.P. Esterhuyse, SALT Telescope Structure Subsystem Specification, SALT Technical Report, Cape Town, 2000.
3. S. J. Medwadowski, Structure of the SST - Preliminary Design, HET Technical Report, Austin, 1993.
4. J. Swiegers, SALT Primary Mirror Truss Specification, SALT Technical Report, Cape Town, 2001.