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Investigating the additive manufacture of extra-terrestrial material simulants
The powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process category consists of a group of key-enabling technologies. These technologies allow the fabrication of both intrinsic and complex structures for a series of applications, including astronautics. The pull factor that influenced this investigation was to explore the potential application of laser-based additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing), for the manufacture of engineering assets and componentry, using the available extra-terrestrial natural resources as feedstock. The successful realisation of this manufacturing approach in an extra-terrestrial environment could enable a sustainable presence in space by providing the ability to build assets and tools needed for building and maintaining life-sustaining habitats on the Moon, to support future extra-terrestrial human activity. [Continues.]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Publisher
Loughborough UniversityRights holder
© Athanasios GoulasPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2018Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
Supervisor(s)
Ross J.Friel ; Daniel Southcott-EngstrømQualification name
- PhD
Qualification level
- Doctoral