Fig. 1. Optical design scheme solid model
Fig. 2. Primary mirror system of space gravitational telescope
Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the layout of mirror support structure
Fig. 4. Influence of vertex angle values of different layout types on mirror profile and offset
Fig. 5. Design model of initial parameters for off-axis parabolic primary mirror
Fig. 6. Mirror optimization iteration parameter tradeoff chart
Fig. 7. Solid structure diagram of Bipod flexible hinge group
Fig. 8. Schematic diagram of non-blocking full flexible hinge group
Fig. 9. Flexible support structure model of mirror assembly
Fig. 10. Deformation nephogram of optomechanical structure caused by space thermal load and gravity release
Fig. 11. Surface error under different thermal loads
Properties | Materials | Zerodur | 4J36 | Density ρ/g·cm–3 | 2.53 | 8.13 | Poisson ratio μ | 0.24 | 0.29 | Young’s modulus E/GPa
| 90.3 | 141.0 | Thermal conductivity/W·(mK)–1 | 1.46 | 14.8 | CTE α/(10–7 K–1)
| 0.07 | 0.50 |
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Table 1. Material properties of primary mirror components
Name | PARM | Value/mm | Type | f (rC)表示与rC相关联的参数;f (rC, wB)表示与rC, wB相关联的参数
| Edge wall thickness | t0 | 3.5–6.5 | var. | Core wall thickness | tC | 2–4 | var. | Front thickness | tF | 5.5–7.5 | var. | Core wall spacing | wB | 55–60 | var. | Back thickness | tB | 2–4 | var. | Head radius | rC | 6.5–7.5 | var. | Vertex angle(SP)
| ΨP | 50–65 (°) | var. | Support height | 14–21 | var. | Mirror thickness | h0 | 26–34 | var. | Shank radius | rS | f (rC, wB)
| NA | Back hole diameter | D0 | f (rC)
| NA | Boss depth | dB | 26 | const. | Boss section | dC | 10 | const. |
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Table 2. Optomechanical design parameters for lightweight mirror
PARM | Optimal value/mm | Adoption value/mm | t0 | 4.113 | 4.1 | tC | 2.042 | 2.0 | tF | 5.513 | 5.5 | wB | 57.722 | 57.7 | tB | 2.164 | 2.2 | rC | 6.562 | 6.6 | ΨP | 57.372 (°) | 57.4 (°) | hC | 14.518 | 14.5 | h0 | 32.574 | 32.6 | RMS | 6.050 4 nm | 6.060 nm | Mass | 1.439 kg | 1.423/kg |
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Table 3. Mirror optimization parameter value after mirror optimization iteration
PARM | Value range/mm | ANSYS correction/mm | l1 | 4.2–5.6 | 4.3 | l2/l3 | 8.0–9.4 | 9.0 | l4 | 4.0–5.0 | 4.1 | ti | 0.9–1.1 | 1.0 | wi | 4.6–5.8 | 5.0 | θ0 | 29°–34° | 30° |
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Table 4. Dimensional parameters of Bipod components
Type | Mode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Frequency/Hz | 415.1 | 431.9 | 786.7 | 934.9 | 1106.7 |
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Table 5. Modal of the primary mirror system
Parameter | Space thermal load | | T-gradient | Initial | Finally | | Axial 1.0 K | Δx/nm
| 6.56 | 2.05 | | <0.01 | Δy/nm
| 0.21 | 0.06 | | <1E–4 | Δz/μm
| 0.85 | 0.35 | | 0.002 | Δθx/nrad
| 0.09 | <0.01 | | <0.01 | Δθy/nrad
| <0.01 | <0.01 | | <0.01 | Δθz/nrad
| <0.01 | <0.01 | | <0.01 | PV/nm | 55.40 | 31.40 | | 0.27 | RMS/nm | 15.46 | 8.83 | | 0.07 |
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Table 6. Mirror shape under thermal load conditions