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Paper Abstract
The next generation of space telescopes will be designed to meet increasingly challenging science goals. The operating
environment and required precision of these telescopes will make complete verification via ground tests impossible, and
will place a greater reliance on numerical simulation. The current state of the art in thermal, mechanical and optical
modeling involves three disparate computational models, several analysis codes and tools to transition results between
these models. However, the active controls necessary to meet the next generation of requirements for space telescopes
will require integrated thermal, structural, optical and controls analysis. To meet these challenges, JPL has developed
Cielo, an in-house finite element tool capable of multi-physics simulations using a common finite element model, for
thermal, structural and optical aberration analysis. In this paper, we will discuss the use of Cielo for analysis of a
coronagraph and an occulter designed to observe Earth-like planets around nearby stars. We will compare thermal and
structural results from Cielo with results from commercial off the shelf (COTS) tools to verify the new approach. We
will perform variations of key parameters to demonstrate how margins and uncertainties can be quantified using the new
approach.
Paper Details
Date Published: 25 August 2009
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 7440, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV, 74400U (25 August 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.828340
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7440:
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV
Stuart B. Shaklan, Editor(s)
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 7440, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV, 74400U (25 August 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.828340
Show Author Affiliations
Elizabeth O. Jordan, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Mike Chainyk, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Feras Habbal, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Mike Chainyk, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Feras Habbal, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Claus Hoff, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Marie Levine, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Greg Moore, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Marie Levine, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Greg Moore, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7440:
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV
Stuart B. Shaklan, Editor(s)
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