Main structure general overview: mechanical design update from PDR towards the final design phase

V De Caprio, V Cianniello, C Eredia… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, known as MAORY),
is the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) relay for the Extremely Large Telescope …

General overview of MORFEO (formerly known as MAORY) Instrument Control Hardware design

E Cascone, C Eredia, V Cianniello… - Ground-based and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper provides a description of the Instrument Control Hardware design for MORFEO
(Multiconjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations), an adaptive optics module for …

MORFEO enters final design phase

L Busoni, G Agapito, A Ballone, A Puglisi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY),
the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large field …

FE model evolution of the main support structure interfaces to the ELT Nasmyth Platform from PDR to FDR

V Cianniello, V De Caprio, C Eredia… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper offers an in-depth study on the structural analyses, performed in INAF-
Observatory of Naples, regarding the Interface Joints installed on the ESO Nasmyth Platform …

Additive manufacturing, reverse engineering, and metrology to support mechanical design: future developments among the INAF facilities

V Cianniello, V De Caprio, C Eredia… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In the framework of STILES PNRR Project and as a natural evolution of the INAF Minigrant
project on the Integrated approach to the mechanical design for Astronomical …

A look into alternative mechanical designs for the MORFEO-MICADO thermal duct mechanical: developments and alternatives

D D'Auria, V Cianniello, V De Caprio… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
MORFEO is a post-focal adaptive optics module aiming to improve the resolution of the
images for the ELT through a couple of deformable mirrors, hosted on one of the Nasmyth …

Integrated FEA modeling technique: a study on embedded models for the ELT class of instrumentation

V Cianniello, V De Caprio, D D'Auria… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The integrated FE modeling technique allows to combine different FE models, provided by
multiple players potentially located all over the world and who follow their own development …

Status of the ESO's ELT construction

R Tamai, B Koehler, M Cirasuolo… - Ground-based and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Within a difficult and uncertain environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as well
as the global geopolitical and economic situation, the ESO's Extremely Large Telescope …

SHARP: a near-IR multi-mode spectrograph conceived for MORFEO@ ELT

P Saracco, P Conconi, C Arcidiacono… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), thanks to their large apertures and cutting-edge
Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) systems, promise to deliver sharper and deeper …

Global to Local FEA validation for complex geometries: submodeling technique applied to mechanical structures for ELT class of instrumentation

V Cianniello, V De Caprio, D D'Auria… - Ground-based and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The following paper illustrates the submodeling technique applied to mechanical structures,
that can be considered a tradeoff between the burdensome, under a computational point of …