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Vol. 47 No. 1 (2022)
Original articles

Feasibility of additive manufacturing processes for lunar soil simulants

Danijela Ignjatović Stupar
International Space University, 1 rue Dominique Cassini, 67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
Grégoire Robert Chabrol
ECAM Strasbourg-Europe Espace Européen de l’Entreprise, 2 Rue de Madrid, 67300 Schiltigheim, France
Abdoul Razak Ibrahim Baraze
INSA of Strasbourg -Unistra – CNRS, ICube, 300 bd Sébastien Brant – CS 10413, 67412 Illkirch Cedex, France
Sylvain Lecler
INSA of Strasbourg -Unistra – CNRS, ICube, 300 bd Sébastien Brant – CS 10413, 67412 Illkirch Cedex, France
Alexandre Tessier
INSA of Strasbourg -Unistra – CNRS, ICube, 300 bd Sébastien Brant – CS 10413, 67412 Illkirch Cedex, France
Thierry Cutard
IMT Mines Albi-Carmaux, École Mines-Télécom, Campus Jarlard, 81013 Albi Ct Cedex 09, France
Jocelyne Brendle
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse, UMR CNRS-UHA 7361, 15 rue Jean Stracky, 68057Mulhouse Cedex, France

Published 2022-06-30

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Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing,
  • Laser,
  • Multiphysics modelling,
  • Lunar soil simulant,
  • Regolith

How to Cite

Ignjatović Stupar, D., Chabrol, G. R., Baraze, A. R. I., Lecler, S., Tessier, A., Cutard, T., & Brendle, J. (2022). Feasibility of additive manufacturing processes for lunar soil simulants. Advanced Technologies and Materials, 47(1), 39–43. https://doi.org/10.24867/ATM-2022-1-007

Abstract

Combination of In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and on-site Additive Manufacturing (AM) is one of the “outer space applied technologies” candidates where free shape fabrication from micro (e.g., tools) to mega scale (e.g. lunar habitats) will allow in coming future to settle the Moon or potentially other celestial bodies. Within this research, Selected Laser Melting (SLM) of lunar soil (regolith) simulants (LHS-1 LMS-1 and JSC-2A) using a continuous wave 100 W 1090 nm fiber laser was applied. The resulting samples were mechanically and optically characterized. A numerical multiphysics model was developed to understand the heat transfer and optimize the SLM process. Results obtained are in good agreement with the numerical model. The physical and chemical characteristics of the various materials (granulometry, density, composition, and thermal properties) have a strong impact on the AM parameters.

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