Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 10, 20210118(2021)

Design and application of bi-axial half-butterfly flexure hinges in fast steering mirrors

Lei Zhao... Qiuxing Liu, Bo Hu, Hu Wang, Liang Liang and Heng Lu |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Xi'an Institute of Applied Optics, Xi'an 710065, China
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    A bi-axial half-butterfly flexure hinge for an fast steering mirror (FSM) was presented to adapt high stability accuracy of beam-pointing control performance in laser weapon systems. According to the requirements of reciprocating movements and high bandwidth provided for the FSM, the solid model of the bi-axial half-butterfly flexure hinge was designed. By applying Castigliano’s displacement theorem, the numerical model was simplified and deduced. Furthermore, to quantify the numerical model, natural frequencies of the finite-element analysis and experiments were carried out, of which the results were compared with the analytic solutions. The experiment results show that the in-plane natural frequency is 165.29 Hz. The comparison shows that the error between numerical analytic and experimentation is 1.3%, and the error between FEA and experimentation is 3.2%. It is proven that the bi-axial half-butterfly flexure hinge is an appropriate structure as a guide mechanism for an FSM system.

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    Lei Zhao, Qiuxing Liu, Bo Hu, Hu Wang, Liang Liang, Heng Lu. Design and application of bi-axial half-butterfly flexure hinges in fast steering mirrors[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(10): 20210118

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    Received: Feb. 22, 2021

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    Published Online: Dec. 7, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210118

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