NASA NTRS · 20220016989
Sizing and Design Tool for Tall Lunar Tower
Abstract
Tall lunar towers enable direct collection of solar energy using solar panels that can generate power exceeding 50kW. Tall lunar towers also support solar reflectors and concentrators for solar farms, which enable various mission architectures on the lunar surface. The Tall Lunar Tower project at NASA Langley Research Center is focused on the design, modeling, fabrication, and testing of an assembled tall lunar tower engineering development unit. This paper presents the development of a sizing and design tool for the tall lunar tower. The predicted frequency and buckling responses of the tall lunar tower from the tool are compared with the results obtained from finite element analysis.
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Kyongchan Song, Martin Mikulas, Matthew K Mahlin, Jacob T Cassady. 2023-01-23. Sizing and Design Tool for Tall Lunar Tower. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220016989
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