MiLi Task 5 Mechanical Development Details
| Task | Title | Description | Lead | Participants |
| 5.1 | Feasibility thermal-mechanical design | Preliminary thermal-mechanical design and trade-off analyses will be performed based on the optical design
requirements. The feasibility design will be assessed by finite element reduced models, aiming to verify the thermomechanical
resistance of the holders in the operative conditions and the fulfilment of the optical and thermal-mechanical
design requirements. | POLIMI | |
| 5.2 | Detailed thermal-mechanical design | Detailed mechanical design of the miniaturized LIDAR will be performed by refining the developed thermal-mechanical
models in the feasibility design phase. Specified temperature profiles of the Martian soil and atmosphere will be used
for the design, considering the different operational profiles. Moreover, 2D drawings for the manufacturing phase will
be produced. | POLIMI | |
| 5.3 | Mechanical manufacturing and part verification | The manufacturing process of the new ceramic materials will be tuned to achieve the mechanical tolerances required
for the optical holders. Testing of prototypes and representative mechanical parts will be performed to validate the
manufacturing process.
Manufacturing of the main instrument parts will be performed based on the executive drawings from the detailed design
task. Moreover, preliminary verification activities will be performed to allow subsequent integration with the optics and
electronics.
| POLIMI | CSIC |
