Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower

Muhao Chen; Raman Goyal; Manoranjan Majji; Robert E. Skelton

doi:10.1061/9780784483374.100

Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower

Muhao Chen, Raman Goyal, Manoranjan Majji, Robert E. Skelton

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Abstract

A tensegrity tower design to support a given payload for the moon mining operation is proposed in this paper. A non-linear optimization problem for the minimal-mass structure design is posed and solved, subject to the yielding constraints for strings and yielding and buckling constraints for bars in the presence of lunar gravity. The optimization variables for this non-linear problem are structural complexity and pre-stress in the strings. Apart from local failure constraints of yielding and buckling, global buckling is also considered. The structure designed as a deployable tower is a TnD1 tensegrity structure. A case study demonstrates the feasibility and advantage of the tower design. The principles developed in this paper are also applicable for building other structures on the Earth or other planets.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Earth and Space 2021
Subtitle of host publication	Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
Editors	Paul J. van Susante, Alaina Dickason Roberts
Pages	1079-1092
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9780784483374
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483374.100
State	Published - 2021
Event	17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments, Earth and Space 2021 - Seattle, United States Duration: Apr 19 2021 → Apr 23 2021

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Name	Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments

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Conference	17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments, Earth and Space 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	4/19/21 → 4/23/21

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Building and Construction
Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering

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Chen, M., Goyal, R., Majji, M., & Skelton, R. E. (2021). Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower. In P. J. van Susante, & A. D. Roberts (Eds.), Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments (pp. 1079-1092). (Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483374.100

Chen, Muhao ; Goyal, Raman ; Majji, Manoranjan et al. / Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower. Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. editor / Paul J. van Susante ; Alaina Dickason Roberts. 2021. pp. 1079-1092 (Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments).

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Chen, M, Goyal, R, Majji, M & Skelton, RE 2021, Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower. in PJ van Susante & AD Roberts (eds), Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, pp. 1079-1092, 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments, Earth and Space 2021, Seattle, United States, 4/19/21. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483374.100

Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower. / Chen, Muhao; Goyal, Raman; Majji, Manoranjan et al.
Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. ed. / Paul J. van Susante; Alaina Dickason Roberts. 2021. p. 1079-1092 (Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments).

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Chen M, Goyal R, Majji M, Skelton RE. Deployable Tensegrity Lunar Tower. In van Susante PJ, Roberts AD, editors, Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. 2021. p. 1079-1092. (Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments - Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments). doi: 10.1061/9780784483374.100

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