| 초록 |
Additive manufacturing technique, commonly known as 3D-printing, has been receiving great attention in architecture due to its capability of constructing the complex 3D-structure directly according to computer design. Recently, 3D printing has been applied to in-situ space manufacturing such as human habitat and infrastructure, which is needed to protect human and equipment safety in extreme environments and thereby is able to support sustainable exploration of the moon. As a construction material and lunar resource as well, the lunar regolith (soil) has a high potential to create infrastructures by in-situ fabrication. In this research, lunar simulant and polymer composite materials were demonstrated by 3D printing technology. The mixture of polymer and lunar simulant was heated and extruded through the printer nozzle, and then structured with computer design. The fabrication process and characteristics of polymer and lunar simulant composite will be discussed in detail. |
