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Flexure Mounts For High Resolution Optical Elements Mir Salek Optomechanics Fall 2008 Review of: Vukobratovich D, Richard R M, Proc of SPIE Vol. 0959, Jan 1988 Summary What is a flexure? Compare to other mounts Basic types of Flexure Some examples What is a Flexure By definition, flexure is an elastic element which provides controlled motion Plunging to the Idea Lens Mount Plunging to the Idea CR (idea from Yoder’s book) Inward CT The Lens 120º CT 120º CR CR CT Points Equal Compliances -> Keeps the lens centered when temperature changes The spring forces allow the lens to decenter during shocks and return afterwards Minimize stress in optics during shocks Typically stiff tangentionally and axially and compliant radially Uses Kinematic principles to find the location of flexures High Performance Lens Assembly Tight tolerance alignment Maintain alignment under operational level shock, vibration, pressure, temperature change Retain its alignment upon exposure to survival level of environmental effects Low stress on optics (particularly mirrors) Advantages of Flexure Mounts Free of slick-slip and friction effects of semikinematic design Less hysteresis than rolling or sliding contacts More robust to adverse environment effects such as extreme temperatures, vacuum, and abrasive dust Needs very little maintenance if any * Ideal for space applications Flexure Material Should provide required compliance within length limitation Should have high dimensional stability for repeated use in time Flexure Material Should have high fracture toughness Thermal properties to maintain operation with temperature change Compliance For a given length: Higher RTS ->maximum compliance Reduced tensile strength is the ratio of yield strength to modulus of elasticity. Dimensional Stability Material instability or room temperature creep can happen at stresses less than micro-yield strength Andrea’s Beta Law predicts instability with time: ε = βtm m ≈ 0.33 Flexure Design Basic Flexures: Single Strip Flexure It can be used to guide both translation and rotation The strain is a function of axial preload In the table L is the flexure length; E is the elastic modulus; I is the moment of inertia; P is the applied axial load; θ is the end slope of the flexure; M is the applied torque; δ is the end displacement of the flexure; F is the applied force; . Strain versus Axial Stress constant force Basic Flexures: Cross-Strip Rotational Hinge Two single stripped flexures at right angles provide a rotational hinge center of rotation shifts as a function of angle of rotation Cross-Strip Rotational Hinge: rotation-torque relations Basic Flexures: Parallel Spring Guide Flexure A pair of parallel single strip guides provides linear translation The range of motion is limited to 1-2mm also the motion is not purely linear and there is a height shift as well Parallel Spring Guide Flexure: ForceDisplacement Relations If the force is not applied at the midpoint, the flexure would tilt as it translates Basic Flexures: Cruciform Flexure Provides limited rotation in very confined spaces Basic Flexures: and Tapered UniformStress Cantilever Flexure It is used to provide a small range of translation motion in very confined space Flexure Mount Example 1 Flexure Mount Example 2 Flexure Mount Example 3 Bipod Flexure Mount Happy Finals