Design of a Lunar Surface Structure. I: Design Configuration and Thermal Analysis

Sohrob Mottaghi; Haym Benaroya

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000382

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Design of a Lunar Surface Structure. I: Design Configuration and Thermal Analysis

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Design of a Lunar Surface Structure. I: Design Configuration and Thermal Analysis

Sohrob Mottaghi and Haym Benaroya

Journal of aerospace engineering, Vol.28(1), p.4014052

01/01/2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000382

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AbstractAn igloo-shaped magnesium structure, supported on a sintered regolith, covered by sandbags of regolith shielding, and made using rapid manufacturing technologies is proposed as a potential design of a lunar structure. Also, a thermal analysis is carried out to study the effect of the regolith shielding as well as the sensitivity of such designs to measurement uncertainties of regolith and sintered thermal properties. It is shown that 3-m-thick regolith shielding can insulate the structure regardless of its location on the Moon.

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Title: Design of a Lunar Surface Structure. I: Design Configuration and Thermal Analysis
Creators: Sohrob Mottaghi - Rutgers Univ. Graduate Student, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, , Piscataway, NJ 08854. E-mail
Haym Benaroya - Rutgers Univ. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, , Piscataway, NJ 08854 (corresponding author). E-mail
Publication Details: Journal of aerospace engineering, Vol.28(1), p.4014052
Date published: 01/01/2015
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Academic Unit: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (SOE)
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Identifiers: 991031665070104646