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Architecture of the integrated model of the Euro50

Author

  • Anita Enmark
  • Torben Andersen
  • Mette Owner-Petersen
  • Michael Browne
  • Andrew Shearer

Summary, in English

The Euro50 is a proposed 50m extremely large telescope for optical and infrared wavelengths. To study and predict the performance of the complete telescope system, an integrated model combining the structural model of the telescope, optics models, the control systems and the adaptive optics has been established. Wind and atmospheric disturbances are also included in the model. The model is written in MATLAB and C. It is general and modular and built around dedicated ordinary differential equation solvers. The difference in time constants between subsystems is exploited to speed up calculations. The solvers can handle discontinuities and subsystem mode changes. The high degree of modularity allows different telescope designs to be modelled by rearranging subsystem blocks. Certain subsystems, for instance adaptive optics, can also run in a standalone fashion. Parts of the model are parallelized for execution on a large shared memory machine. The resulting architecture of the integrated model and sample results using the code for different telescope models are presented.

Department/s

  • Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

27114-27114

Publication/Series

Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II

Volume

6271

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

SPIE

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • Extremely large telescope
  • Wind load
  • Integrated model
  • Euro50

Conference name

Conference on Modeling, Systems Engineering and Project Management for Astronomy II

Conference date

2006-05-30 - 2006-05-31

Conference place

Orlando, FL, United States

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0277-786X
  • ISSN: 1996-756X
  • CODEN: PSISDG