Integrated modeling for the VLTI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4838, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 881-892

  Müller, Michael ^a   Wilhelm, Rainer ^b   Baier, Horst ^a   Koehler, Bertrand ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Integrated modeling; Optical modeling; Stellar interferometry; Telescope structures; VINCI; VLTI

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0038738056     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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