Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction
Water resources are essential to human exploration in deep space or the establishment of long-term lunar habitation. Ice discovered on the Moon may be useful in future missions to the lunar surface, necessitating the consideration of in situ resource utilization if it is present in sufficient amount...
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| author | Zheng Gong Nicholas Barnett Jangguen Lee Hyunwoo Jin Byunghyun Ryu Taeyoung Ko Joung Oh Andrew Dempster Serkan Saydam |
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| description | Water resources are essential to human exploration in deep space or the establishment of long-term lunar habitation. Ice discovered on the Moon may be useful in future missions to the lunar surface, necessitating the consideration of in situ resource utilization if it is present in sufficient amounts. Extraction of ice can cause the regolith to settle, which can lead to unintended structural damage. Therefore, any settlement resulting from ice extraction should be understood from a geotechnical perspective. This work reports on experimental investigation of the potential settlement caused by the extraction of ice from lunar regolith simulant containing different textures of ice. The KLS-1 simulant was prepared with different water contents and ice textures. Significant settlement occurred in simulant–ice mixtures with initial water contents of 5–10%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-161e7af9e3864dee8fa4be1b490c4f7d2024-03-27T13:15:39ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102024-03-0111320710.3390/aerospace11030207Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice ExtractionZheng Gong0Nicholas Barnett1Jangguen Lee2Hyunwoo Jin3Byunghyun Ryu4Taeyoung Ko5Joung Oh6Andrew Dempster7Serkan Saydam8Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science & Technology (UST-KICT School), ILsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10233, Republic of KoreaSchool of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, AustraliaDepartment of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), ILsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10233, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), ILsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10233, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), ILsanseo-gu, Goyang-si 10233, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Energy and Resources Engineering, Kangwon National University, Gangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon-si 24341, Republic of KoreaSchool of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, AustraliaSchool of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, AustraliaSchool of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, AustraliaWater resources are essential to human exploration in deep space or the establishment of long-term lunar habitation. Ice discovered on the Moon may be useful in future missions to the lunar surface, necessitating the consideration of in situ resource utilization if it is present in sufficient amounts. Extraction of ice can cause the regolith to settle, which can lead to unintended structural damage. Therefore, any settlement resulting from ice extraction should be understood from a geotechnical perspective. This work reports on experimental investigation of the potential settlement caused by the extraction of ice from lunar regolith simulant containing different textures of ice. The KLS-1 simulant was prepared with different water contents and ice textures. Significant settlement occurred in simulant–ice mixtures with initial water contents of 5–10%.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/3/207lunar icein situ resource utilizationregolithwater contentsettlementice texture |
| spellingShingle | Zheng Gong Nicholas Barnett Jangguen Lee Hyunwoo Jin Byunghyun Ryu Taeyoung Ko Joung Oh Andrew Dempster Serkan Saydam Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction Aerospace lunar ice in situ resource utilization regolith water content settlement ice texture |
| title | Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction |
| title_full | Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction |
| title_short | Experimental Evaluation of Lunar Regolith Settlement Caused by Ice Extraction |
| title_sort | experimental evaluation of lunar regolith settlement caused by ice extraction |
| topic | lunar ice in situ resource utilization regolith water content settlement ice texture |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/3/207 |
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