Building Habitats on the Moon [electronic resource] : Engineering Approaches to Lunar Settlements /
Benaroya, Haym.author.
Designing a habitat for the lunar surface? You will need to know more than structural engineering. There are the effects of meteoroids, radiation, and low gravity. Then there are the psychological and psychosocial aspects of living in close quarters, in a dangerous environment, far away from home. All these must be considered when the habitat is sized, materials specified, and structure designed. This book provides an overview of various concepts for lunar habitats and structural designs and characterizes the lunar environment - the technical and the nontechnical. The designs take into consideration psychological comfort, structural strength against seismic and thermal activity, as well as internal pressurization and 1/6 g. Also discussed are micrometeoroid modeling, risk and redundancy as well as probability and reliability, with an introduction to analytical tools that can be useful in modeling uncertainties.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- About the Author- Preface -- Chapter 1: Thoughts on the Moon -- Chapter 2: Overview and context -- Chapter 3: The lunar environment -- Chapter 4: Structures -- Chapter 5: Habitat studies -- Chapter 6: Lunar-based astronomy -- Chapter 7: Materials and ISRU -- Chapter 8: Structural design of a lunar habitat -- Chapter 9: Thermal design -- Chapter 10: Preliminary probability theory -- Chapter 11: Reliability and damage -- Chapter 12: Airplanes, redundancy and lunar habitats -- Chapter 13: Advanced methodologies -- Chapter 14: Concluding thoughts -- Index.
Designing a habitat for the lunar surface? You will need to know more than structural engineering. There are the effects of meteoroids, radiation, and low gravity. Then there are the psychological and psychosocial aspects of living in close quarters, in a dangerous environment, far away from home. All these must be considered when the habitat is sized, materials specified, and structure designed. This book provides an overview of various concepts for lunar habitats and structural designs and characterizes the lunar environment - the technical and the nontechnical. The designs take into consideration psychological comfort, structural strength against seismic and thermal activity, as well as internal pressurization and 1/6 g. Also discussed are micrometeoroid modeling, risk and redundancy as well as probability and reliability, with an introduction to analytical tools that can be useful in modeling uncertainties.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Space sciences.
Buildings-Design and construction.
Building.
Construction.
Engineering, Architectural.
Planetology.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Building Construction and Design.
Planetology.