Smart Structures in Instrumentation for Astronomy
Shape Memory Alloy and Piezo Composites actuators embedded in Carbon Fiber Deformable Mirrors: new technology to Instrumentation for Astronomy
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
The book explores the integration of smart structures in designing advanced astronomical instrumentation, focusing on an optical spherical mirror with deformable curvature. It discusses the selection and embedding of smart actuators, particularly piezo-composites and shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators, highlighting their advantages over traditional materials. The work presents numerical and experimental techniques for incorporating these materials into smart structures, along with performance modeling and control systems that balance detailed analysis with computational efficiency.
