Re: [ATM] PLOP and triangles

["Arjan te Marvelde" <arjan.te.marvelde@hetnet.nl>]

Tom,

How exactly did you model the points that make up a pad? I believe that
normally PLOP assumes the points, like you use them to model a pad, can move
independently.
Therefore, following this reasoning you will probably get good results with
any mirror using only one support and make it as big as the mirror (given
enough points to model the pad).
In reality the large pads are more rigid, and may introduce stress.

/Arjan


> >...I believe one list member did an
> >exhausting [sic] analysis of several Plop designed cells with non-zero
> >diameter pads, and concluded that the performance difference was minimal.
> If
> >that person is out there, please speak up.
>
> That sounds like my work.  Take a look at:
> http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/
> specifically:
> http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/cell-wide-pad/cell-wide-pad.htm
>
> ...and please tell me where I made errors in assumptions, analysis,
> reasoning, and conclusion.

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