| Title: | Application of graphene as a spacecraft environment protection material |
| Authors: | Laura Perez Tembleque, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2022 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (59 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | Space is hard. Electromagnetic radiation, extreme temperature variations, solar winds, electrically charged particles, geomagnetic storms, and residual material, create the hostile “space environment”. Spacecraft designers are challenged to provide sufficient protective systems for the vehicle, payload, and internal instruments under strict mass and cost requirements. It is the interplay between material sciences and the space environment that is subjected to investigation within this report. Shields are the most valuable element to end and start the connection with the space environment that one wishes to protect against. Previous research into shields outlines the most critical element to protect those being charged particles and the electromagnetic field. The main requirement to improve current shields are thus a question of material sciences investigated in this report. Electrical and optical properties of graphene are well understood by previous research applied to spacecraft shielding. No previous research has related the properties of graphene to spacecraft shield requirements until this report. Expensive manufacturing forms the primary barrier towards widespread space-based application. This theoretical problem is investigated scientifically using the TRIZ methodology. Local Quality – The 3rd Principle of the TRIZ methodology was found to be the most common general solution stating; “Changing the structure of this or its external environment or conveniently improving its function." Applied to graphene, graphene in mesh is developed as a solution. Graphene synthesis by CVD is the ability to maximize the scale without losing the homogeneity of large-area films. Providing lower cost rates, longer and larger size and high quality. The existence of a shield for protection of the spatial environment is again to return to the origin of the first need of the human being and hence, the architecture itself. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=11551 |
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