Tensile-integrity structures for the moon

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Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993asd..confr....b&link_type=abstract

AIAA, AHS, and ASEE, Aerospace Design Conference, Irvine, CA, Feb. 16-19, 1993, 10 p.

Physics

Integrity, Lunar Bases, Lunar Surface, Structural Design Criteria, Tensile Tests, Concrete Structures, Frames, Hybrid Structures

Scientific paper

The paper reviews lunar base structural concepts proposed in the past, with particular attention given to the use of tension cable structures (tensile integrity, 'tensegrity' structures) for a lunar structural concept. In such a structure, the tensegric shells can be a system of bars and a cable net, with the shell attaining its topology and stiffness when the bars are prestressed against the cable net. Advantages of such structures include the ability of tensegric shells to be self-sustaining, not depending on internal pressurization for their integrity (as do inflatable structures). A primary disadvantage is the difficulty of construction.

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