Abstract:With increasing size of the reflecting mirror apertures in telescopes, the lateral support is becoming more and more important. In order to find a setup satisfying the requirements for the TMT tertiary mirror, based on the classic three-point flexure support setup, a twelve-point lateral support setup was investigated its basic internal relations and properties were investigated. The virtual equivalent circle concept is then proposed to evaluate different potential setups. By studying the relationship between … Show more
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