Silicate-lunar regolith composite: a vacuum self-hardened and comprehensively durable extraterrestrial construction material

• Main Authors: Geng, Zifan., Zhang, Lizhi, Wu, Zhiwen, Huang, Jiale, Wang, Xiangyu, Tan, Ming Jen, She, Wei, Zhou, Hao, Geng, Guoqing
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Extraterrestrial construction; Lunar regolith
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180775
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Extraterrestrial exploration, represented by Lunar base construction, has been promoted worldwide as a multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge and strategic issue. Herein we proposed a novel extraterrestrial construction material composed of Lunar/Martian regolith simulants and only 4 wt% of silicate adhes...