2134/17491
Athanasios Goulas
Athanasios
Goulas
3D printing of lunar bases using moondust
Loughborough University
2015
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Space additive manufacturing
Moondust
Lunar regolith
On site resource utilisation
Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2015-05-14 08:58:33
Poster
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/poster/3D_printing_of_lunar_bases_using_moondust/9558056
An investigation into using Selective Laser Melting (SLM), a modern powder-bed fusion category Additive Manufacturing/3D printing process, in order to fabricate structures out of non-traditional multi-component ceramic materials such as lunar regolith (moondust). The overall aim of this research is to investigate the feasibility/suitability of the SLM method for on-site (on the moon) manufacturing of various structures, parts/replacements for future space applications.