Polymerisation of composite materials in space environment for development of a Moon base

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-115

  Kondyurina, I ^a   Kondyurin, A ^b,c   Lauke, B ^b   Figiel, L ^b   Vogel, R ^b   Reuter, U ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Light structures; Moon base; Polymerisation; Space environment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIZATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

LIGHT STRUCTURES; MOON BASE; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL INITIATION SYSTEM;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 33344457722     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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