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Development of a deployable arm to hold mirrors for space interferometric instrument
Mansoor, Zain 
Promotor(s) :
Bruls, Olivier
;
Loicq, Jerôme
Date of defense : 6-Sep-2018/7-Sep-2018 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/5447
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| Title : | Development of a deployable arm to hold mirrors for space interferometric instrument |
| Author : | Mansoor, Zain
|
| Date of defense : | 6-Sep-2018/7-Sep-2018 |
| Advisor(s) : | Bruls, Olivier
Loicq, Jerôme
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| Committee's member(s) : | Duysinx, Pierre
Collette, Christophe
Jacobs, Jérôme
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| Language : | English |
| Keywords : | [en] Deployable booms [en] Deployable structures [en] Space interferometer baseline [en] Astronomical interferometer [en] Telescope [en] Collapsible tube mast [en] Collapsible boom [en] Telescopic boom [en] Articulated deployable boom [fr] Structures spatiales déployables |
| Discipline(s) : | Engineering, computing & technology > Mechanical engineering |
| Target public : | Researchers Professionals of domain Student |
| Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
| Degree: | Master en ingénieur civil mécanicien, à finalité spécialisée en génie mécanique |
| Faculty: | Master thesis of the Faculté des Sciences appliquées |
Abstract
[en] The interferometry in space presents very big challenges for future observation, especially to image and characterize exoplanets. Space interferometry collects light with multiple mirrors. The light beams intercepted by these mirror are combined to create an interference patterns which can increase the resolution of the observed scene. This project has the objective to develop a deployable structure to place and hold mirror sub-pupils of a space interferometer at a distance (few meters) of the spacecraft. The challenge is to create a structure that provides stiffness and stability fitting with interferometry requirements in space.
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