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Chapter 5 Robust Performance Tailoring with Tuning - SSL - MIT

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6.2.2 <strong>Tuning</strong><br />

The tuning parameters are chosen from a small subset of design variables that could<br />

practically be adjusted on hardware during component testing or on-orbit operation.<br />

Only two tuning parameters are used in order to keep the number of design variables<br />

required for the RPTT problem small. The parameters are the cross-sectional radius<br />

of the primary mirror supports, rPM and the corner frequency of the RWA isolator,<br />

fiso. The nominal tuning parameter values are listed in Table 6.11. Adjusting the<br />

parameter rPM is equivalent to changing the stiffness of the optical mount. Although<br />

the radii of the support bars are not easily adjusted on the hardware, this parameter<br />

is used to model a tunable optical mount stiffness. The isolator corner frequency<br />

parameter models a type of active isolator in which the corner frequency can be<br />

adjusted through some unspecified mechanism.<br />

Table 6.11: TPF SCI model tuning parameters.<br />

y Description y0 Units<br />

rPM XS radius of primary mirror support 0.05 m<br />

fiso RWAisolatorcornerfrequency 8 Hz<br />

The tuning parameters are subject to constraints that keep them <strong>with</strong>in realis-<br />

tic limits. The radius of the primary mirror support structure is constrained by a<br />

lower bound of 1 cm to ensure that the primary mirrors stay connected to the truss.<br />

Although the radius of the optical mount supports does in fact affect the mass of<br />

the system, this parameter is not included in the mass constraint calculation. The<br />

reason for this omission is that in reality only the stiffness of the mount will change<br />

and not the physical properties of the support. The corner frequency of the RWA<br />

isolator is constrained to be between 2 and 10 Hz based on engineering judgment and<br />

experience.<br />

6.2.3 Uncertainty<br />

The uncertainty parameters considered for the TPF SCI model are very similar to<br />

those in the development model and are listed in Table 6.12. The Young’s Modulus of<br />

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