Investigating Ice Shaving as a Method for Preparing Icy Regolith Simulants for Lunar Exploration

Institut

Professur für Lunare und Planetare Explorationstechnologien

Typ

Bachelorarbeit / Semesterarbeit / Masterarbeit /

Inhalt

experimentell / konstruktiv /  

Beschreibung

The Professorship of Lunar and Planetary Exploration develops instruments for future lunar missions and performs research in fundamental planetary science. Of particular interest is the extraction of water at the Moon’s south pole, where icy regolith deposits hold the potential to support future human exploration. In preparation for these missions, high-quality icy regolith simulants are crucial for conducting lab experiments that replicate lunar conditions. 

Our research group is actively investigating various methods for preparing icy regolith simulants to enhance the representativity of experimental investigations. One promising approach to manufacturing icy grains in a lab environment is ice shaving. This proposed thesis focuses on optimizing the ice-shaving method to produce accurate and reproducible icy regolith simulants.  

 

Tasks: 

• Literature research into icy particle production by crushing/shaving methods 

• Selection of at least two methods for experimental implementation 

• Testing of ice shaving methods 

• Characterization of particle size distribution 

• Optional: Optical analysis of produced samples 

Voraussetzungen

Requirements: 

• Interest in lunar exploration 

• Knowledge of CAD (Solidworks or NX) 

• Ideally, previous experience with experimental lab work 

• Ideally, experience with lunar regolith simulant 

• Ideally, knowledge of data analysis (e.g. Python, MATLAB)

Möglicher Beginn

sofort

Kontakt

Noria Brecher
Raum: 9377.02.211
Tel.: 08928955685
j.n.brechertum.de

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