A. Meurisse, A. Makaya, C. Willsch, M. Sperl | 2018 | Acta Astronautica
DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.06.063Review state
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The paper discusses solar 3D printing of lunar regolith using simulated materials. It highlights challenges in sintering with concentrated sunlight and presents results of tests using Xenon light. The compressive strength of sintered bricks is below 5 MPa, and micro-scale analysis reveals high porosity and weak layer bonding. The study suggests potential for lunar applications such as habitat shielding and road construction. The paper discusses the development of a solar thermal system for lunar ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization) applications, focusing on the use of direct solar heating for vehicle operations on the Moon. It also covers the physical properties of the lunar surface and the potential for energy and material resources on the Moon. The study includes a review of existing literature and highlights the importance of solar energy in future lunar exploration and utilization. The provided text contains a series of URLs and file names related to images and other media files, likely from a scientific or academic paper. The URLs point to content stored on Amazon S3 buckets, with file extensions such as.jpg and.sml. The file names include identifiers like 'gr1.jpg', 'gr2.jpg
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Compression test
mechanical
Solar 3D printing of lunar regolith simulant
Additive manufacturing | Lunar habitat shielding and infrastructure
Sintering of lunar regolith simulant with Xenon light
Thermal processing | Lunar infrastructure
Mechanical testing of sintered lunar regolith simulant
Material testing | Lunar construction
Non-destructive analysis of sintered lunar regolith simulant
Material analysis | Material characterization
Solar furnace sintering experiments
Thermal processing | Lunar manufacturing
Sintering process optimization for lunar regolith simulant
Process optimization | Lunar construction
Solar sintering for lunar infrastructure
Thermal processing | Lunar infrastructure
Compression strength
2.31 MPa
Young's Modulus
0.30 GPa
Grain size distribution
measured
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
measured
Tomography
measured
DSC peak temperature
not specified
Grain size
<400 m
Solar intensity
470 W/m2