Design and fabrication of lightweight additively manufactured mirrors for aviation

Autor: Songnian Tan, Quanchao Li, Yongsen Xu, Honghai Shen, Yanping Cheng, Ping Jia, Yulei Xu
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied optics. 61(9)
ISSN: 1539-4522
Popis: This paper proposes a design process for additively manufactured mirrors. A central support aspheric mirror and tripod support structure were manufactured via selective laser melting. To achieve substantial weight reduction, an additively manufactured body-centered cubic lattice structure was used in the mirror design. Simulation analysis showed that the mirror had good rigidity. Single-point diamond turning was applied to obtain an optical quality mirror. After assembly, the rms surface shape accuracy of the mirror was 0.069 λ ( λ = 632.8 n m ). The surface roughness (Ra) of the additively manufactured metal mirror was 8.125 nm. These findings provide a strong theoretical basis and technical support for the preparation and application of lightweight metal mirrors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE