Granular Lunar Soils

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-43007-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Granular Lunar Soils outlines the unique characteristics and challenges of lunar soils and dust, while offering insights into the behaviour of an extreme type of granular material. Bringing together key experts on the subject, this book is a gateway to ground-breaking work in further understanding lunar regolith, the lunar environment, and utilization of lunar materials. From the fundamentals of the lunar soil and the unique environmental conditions that lead to charging and cohesion of particles, to the practical questions of resource extraction and engineering of habitats with lunar materials and considerations of in-situ resource utilization, this book provides a broad reference and access to our current understanding of how to survive on the lunar surface.

This book is essential in helping develop a framework for a science-based mitigation method and is useful for scientists and engineers from NASA and other space agencies, faculty and students, and the growing number of private business entities.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nakagawa, Masami

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Weltraumforschung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch.1 Introduction to Granular Materials, Ch.2 Granular Lunar Soil and Lunar Environment, Ch.3 Lunar Regolith and Exploration, Ch.4 Lunar Dust, Ch. 5 Utilization of Regolith, Ch. 6 Terramechanics, Mobility and Lunar Granular Soil, Ch. 7 Challenges and Opportunities

Über Autor(innen)

Masami Nakagawa has served as a faculty member in the Mining Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines, the Department of Earth Resources Engineering at Kyushu University, and the Department of Civil Engineering at the Tohoku University. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from the University of Minnesota, followed by a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University. His expertise in granular materials has been cultivated through extensive academic and professional experience. In addition to academia, Nakagawa has worked at NASA Glenn Research Center, Sandia National Laboratories, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His primary research interest is in the science of granular materials, with a focus on applying this knowledge in three key technological areas: lunar dust, geothermal resources, and nanobubbles.