TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling of agglutinates and its mechanical properties
AU - Garza-Cruz, Tryana V.
AU - Nakagawa, Masami
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Efficient and safe processing of Lunar Soil is necessary for a sustainable stay on the Moon. The ability to predict and understand the mechanical properties of Agglutinates will ensure the development of novel machinery to extract and process the regolith. We have developed a simulation methodology to model the behavior and properties of lunar soil found in the laboratory experiments and the ways they may break into finer particles. These models will provide us with an initial insight of the importance of our better understanding of the mechanical properties of Agglutinates. These models will evolve with the experimental data that are expected to become available in the near future.
AB - Efficient and safe processing of Lunar Soil is necessary for a sustainable stay on the Moon. The ability to predict and understand the mechanical properties of Agglutinates will ensure the development of novel machinery to extract and process the regolith. We have developed a simulation methodology to model the behavior and properties of lunar soil found in the laboratory experiments and the ways they may break into finer particles. These models will provide us with an initial insight of the importance of our better understanding of the mechanical properties of Agglutinates. These models will evolve with the experimental data that are expected to become available in the near future.
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U2 - 10.1061/40988(323)19
DO - 10.1061/40988(323)19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349399244
SN - 9780784409886
T3 - Earth and Space Conference 2008: Proceedings of the 11th Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
BT - Earth and Space Conference 2008
PB - ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
T2 - Earth and Space Conference 2008: Proceedings of the 11th Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
Y2 - 3 March 2008 through 5 March 2008
ER -