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