Design concepts for pressurized lunar shelters utilizing indigenous materials
- Author
- Happel, John Amin
- Published
- JAN 1, 1991.
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Willam, Kaspar and Shing, Benson
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- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
Free-to-read Unrestricted online access - Summary
- The objective is to design a pressurized shelter build of indigenous lunar material. The topics are presented in viewgraph form and include the following: lunar conditions which impact design; secondary factors; review of previously proposed concepts; cross section of assembly facility; rationale for indigenous materials; indigenous material choices; cast basalt properties; design variables; design 1, cylindrical segments; construction sequence; design 2, arch-slabs with post-tensioned ring girders; and future research.
- Other Subject(s)
- Collection
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 19930017225.
Accession ID: 93N26414.
Center for Space Construction Third Annual Symposium; 22 p. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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