Kraus, Albert David. Studies of lunar habitats with application to the modeling and analysis of a deployable lunar lander. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-61z8-jq55
DescriptionStudied in this thesis is the response of a specific spring-mass damper design used for the deployment of a lunar base. Several variations of the geometric model are employed including a linear decoupled, linear coupled, nonlinear decoupled, and nonlinear coupled model. What has been shown is that these models can help inform design of a base and to predict the motion of the lander and provide useful information on the positions, velocities, and accelerations of different parts of the structure. Additionally, a large portion of this research work includes the analysis of the slider-crank mechanism which can also be a useful model for the deployment of lunar bases.