Open AccessPreliminary structural design for extraterrestrial buildings
Author(s) -
Farid Sartipi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of construction materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2652-3752
DOI - 10.36756/jcm.v2.2.3
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , extraterrestrial life , liberian dollar , planet , astrobiology , space (punctuation) , agency (philosophy) , engineering , outer space , architectural engineering , business , computer science , astronomy , physics , finance , sociology , social science , operating system
The adventurous human nature had recently expanded to extraterrestrial habitation. Public billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin are investing extra ordinary capitals in space exploration. Australian Space Agency had also joined the space competition in 2018 in a so-called Mars mission. Although might sound far reaching, the idea of building human habitats on Mars requires well evaluated engineering design in the first stage as the cost of transporting equipment and materials as light as a kilogram to another planet is a massive financial burden. Throughout this passage, the effect of gravity, atmospheric pressure, and radiation on extra terrestrial buildings will be discussed. Following that a cylindrical structure as the most stable type of shell against internal pressure will be analyzed.