Fundamentals Of Establishing An Optical Tolerance Budget

Warren J. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.946513

26 July 1985 Fundamentals Of Establishing An Optical Tolerance Budget

Warren J. Smith

Proceedings Volume 0531, Geometrical Optics; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946513
Event: 1985 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1985, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The basis for, and the specific steps involved in, the determination of a suitable tolerance budget are discussed, using an R.S.S. (square Root of the Sum of the Squares) statistical addition of the tolerance effects. A numerical example is given.

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Warren J. Smith "Fundamentals Of Establishing An Optical Tolerance Budget", Proc. SPIE 0531, Geometrical Optics, (26 July 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946513

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