TY - GEN
T1 - Deflectometry-based thermal vacuum testing for a pneumatic terahertz antenna
AU - Quach, Henry
AU - Esparza, Marcos
AU - Kang, Hyukmo
AU - Chandra, Aman
AU - Choi, Heejoo
AU - Berkson, Joel
AU - Karrfalt, Karlene
AU - Sirsi, Siddhartha
AU - Takashima, Yuzuru
AU - Palisoc, Art
AU - Arenberg, Jonathan W.
AU - Marshall, Kristy Gogick
AU - Glynn, Christopher S.
AU - Godinez, Sean M.
AU - Tafoya, Marcos
AU - Walker, Christopher
AU - d’Aubigny, Christian Drouet
AU - Kim, Daewook
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 SPIE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS) is a 20-meter class proposed space terahertz observatory supported by an inflatable membrane architecture. To measure 150 mm and 1m models of the A1 reflective membrane antenna, two deflectometry configurations were designed. The smaller assembly and its corresponding deflectometer were simulated, built in our laboratory, and produce a reconstructable signal for clocked measurements of the highly-sloped pneumatic surface. We use non-sequential raytracing simulation to bound the maximum contributions of all shape errors and suggest the N-Rotations algorithm to remove the remaining radially asymmetric errors. Then, the 1m prototype assembly was tested inside a thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC). Differential deflectometry measurements tracked the 1m surface shape changes as it was subjected to a variety of environmental setpoints, cycled between three inflation gases, and also during controlled puncture. We summarize our development and results for absolute measurements as well as from TVAC testing.
AB - The Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS) is a 20-meter class proposed space terahertz observatory supported by an inflatable membrane architecture. To measure 150 mm and 1m models of the A1 reflective membrane antenna, two deflectometry configurations were designed. The smaller assembly and its corresponding deflectometer were simulated, built in our laboratory, and produce a reconstructable signal for clocked measurements of the highly-sloped pneumatic surface. We use non-sequential raytracing simulation to bound the maximum contributions of all shape errors and suggest the N-Rotations algorithm to remove the remaining radially asymmetric errors. Then, the 1m prototype assembly was tested inside a thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC). Differential deflectometry measurements tracked the 1m surface shape changes as it was subjected to a variety of environmental setpoints, cycled between three inflation gases, and also during controlled puncture. We summarize our development and results for absolute measurements as well as from TVAC testing.
KW - Deflectometry
KW - Large aperture metrology
KW - Membrane inflatable mirrors
KW - TVAC
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2594902
DO - 10.1117/12.2594902
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85117152620
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Astronomical Optics
A2 - Hull, Tony B.
A2 - Kim, Daewook
A2 - Hallibert, Pascal
A2 - Keller, Fanny
PB - SPIE
T2 - Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III 2021
Y2 - 1 August 2021 through 5 August 2021
ER -