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dc.contributor.advisorMartin L. Culpepper.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Ron Men_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-13T18:51:02Z
dc.date.available2012-12-13T18:51:02Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75672
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 57).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this thesis was to develop a laser metrology system in order to measure the movement in two of the rotation axes of a cylindrical flexure. The building and characterization of this system was achieved in an effort to measure cylindrical flexures such that rules for modeling them might be developed. The system developed measures translations of the flexure normal to the circular surface of the cylinder as well as rotations about the axes within this plane. While numerous metrology systems capable of achieving these functionalities exist, this system has inherent benefits in cost, range, and resolution. Using three lasers reflected off of mirrors mounted on a cylindrical flexure and captured by photodiodes, we are able to characterize micro-scale movements of the system with a resolution of 134 pm and a range of 5.04[mu]m of translation.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Ron M. Perez.en_US
dc.format.extent57 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleDesign of a three-axis micro-scale metrology system for the characterization of cylindrical flexuresen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc819968832en_US


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