The Instrument Development Group draws on a wide range of skills and experience in computational analysis.
Mechanical Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis [ABAQUS] Standard and Explicit FEA solver
- PTC Pro-Mechanica, Altair Engineering’s HyperWorks
- linear and non-linear FEA (including both geometric and material non-linearities)
- Stress analysis
- Strength and stiffness determination
- Dynamic analysis including normal mode extraction, shock, frequency response, and random vibration
- Heat transfer
- Coupled thermal / mechanical modeling
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Optical Analysis
- Determination of component and system level optical performance
- Mechanical and Fabrication tolerancing
- Quantification of performance impact due to temperature dependencies
- Combined Finite Element and Ray Tracing efforts to quantify optical performance as a function of complex mechanical and thermal environments
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Mirror Mount Flexure Post Analysis
