2 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Investigating Mass Reduction Capabilities of Additive Manufacturing through the Re-Design of a Space-Based Mirror
Rhys Tuck, Younes Chahid, Greg Lister +8
Additive manufacture (AM) involves creating a part layer by layer and is a rapidly evolving manufacturing process. It has multiple strengths that apply to space-based optics, such…
astro-ph.IM2024
Additive manufacturing in ceramics: targeting lightweight mirror applications in the visible, ultraviolet and X-ray
Carolyn Atkins, Younes Chahid, Gregory Lister +12
Additive manufacturing (AM; 3D printing) has clear benefits in the production of lightweight mirrors for astronomy: it can create optimised lightweight structures and combine multi…