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
Design, manufacture and metrology of additively manufactured, metal and ceramic lightweight circular mirror prototypes
Greg Lister, Rhys Tuck, Younes Chahid +9
Spaced-based mirrors are a developing use-case for Additive Manufacturing (AM), the process that builds a part layer-by-layer. The increased geometric freedom results in novel and…