Closed base
Through segmented design and rail system aluminum alloy base exterior body, the bulky problems of aerospace equipment transportation and installation are solved, and space utilization and energy supply are realized through solar panels and flexible sealing materials, providing an efficient solution.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411448077.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-07
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Existing mechanical devices and tents are bulky and inconvenient for transportation and installation in aerospace equipment, and tents cannot concentrate on residents and store goods.
Use 6mm to 12mm thick aluminum alloy sheets or other lightweight high-strength materials to make 3m*2.5m*2.5m rectangular or cylindrical base bodies. It can be easily installed and sealed through segmented design and guide rail system, and is equipped with Solar panels and flexible sealing insulation materials.
It realizes lightweight and efficient equipment transportation and installation, provides space for centralized living and cargo storage, while ensuring sealing and energy supply.
Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] Equipment used in the fields of mechanical devices and transportation technology, aerospace technology, and space navigation. Background Art
[0003] Related technical background: At present, this type of equipment mainly includes various types of containers and tents of various types of materials. Containers are too bulky and inconvenient to transport and install. Tents are too scattered and cannot accommodate people and store goods. Summary of the invention
[0004] A 3m*2.5m*2.5m rectangular base outer body (box type) or a cylindrical base outer body (cylindrical base outer body is similar to the rectangular base outer body in manufacturing and sealing methods, except that it is cylindrical in shape) is made of 6mm to 12mm thick aluminum alloy plates (other lightweight and high-strength materials such as carbon fiber composite materials or titanium alloys, polyethylene, polypropylene materials, etc.)
[0005] The four edges of the box-type cabin are standard arc shapes. Customized 10 mm or 12 mm thick aluminum alloy plates (or titanium alloy plates, carbon fiber composite plates, polyethylene, polypropylene and other plates) with convex grooves and grooves are cut and made by machine tools. The specifications are 10 mm or 12 mm thick, 10 meters long, and 3 meters wide aluminum alloy plates. If there are six cabin sections, six aluminum alloy plates of corresponding specifications must be customized. Then, they are stamped on a stamping machine to form the box cabin section, welded at the joints, and finely polished. The error with the specified size cannot be greater than 0.3 mm.
[0006] The largest size of the prefabricated cubical cabin (box-type) has an inner diameter of 2.5 meters in height and width and 3 meters in length.
[0007] It can be divided into 6 to 10 sections, the outer diameter of each section is only 1 cm smaller than the inner diameter of the previous section, and there is only a 0.5 cm gap between each side.
[0008] If 10 layers are nested, the inner diameter of the largest box is 2.5 meters, while the inner diameter of the smallest box will be reduced to 2.23 meters after being reduced layer by layer. After being pulled out and sealed, it will be nearly 30 meters long, and the internal space of the base can reach more than 140 cubic meters.
[0009] The mass of the closed base is about 3 tons.
[0010] There are 2 rows of convex guide rails at the bottom and top of each section of the outer wall. The convex guide rails can be designed into a triangle, and the tip of the triangle is stuck in the concave guide rail groove inside the upper box-type compartment. The concave guide rail groove is designed to be trapezoidal. The tip is facing the plane, and the friction is small. There are 2 rows of concave guide rail grooves on the upper and lower inner walls of each box compartment. It is convenient to pull out the box compartment. After landing on the moon, the astronauts pull the handle outside the outermost box and go down along the guide rail ramp. They can open the sealed door on one side of the outermost box and inject anti-ultra-low temperature lubricant into the concave guide rail grooves between each nested box to reduce friction.
[0011] The bottom of the outermost compartment is equipped with a 10-centimeter-high crawler motion system, which is powered by a battery pack stored inside the smallest box compartment of the base. The start, stop and advance are all automatically controlled by wireless remote control from the earth. When the lunar module lands on the moon, the hatch automatically opens, and the box compartment of the base is started and moved to the appropriate position through remote wireless control from the earth. (Try to land on a flat area) When astronauts install the box-type base, they pull it out layer by layer, and use rubber ring interface seals, or concave and convex groove embedded seals (or other sealing methods) and carry low-temperature resistant liquid sealants to make reliable seals at the external and internal joints.
[0012] The bottom of the cabin can be padded with a pad made of carbon fiber reinforced composite materials to make the base balanced and stable.
[0013] Solar panels are placed on the rails on top of each box section to provide power to the enclosed base.
[0014] Prefabricated circuit connectors are buried on the inner and outer walls of each compartment and connected to the solar power supply circuit to power various scientific research instruments.
[0015] The largest and smallest cabin sections each have a closed gable at one end with a sealed door. They are reserved in this way, firstly, to allow for the installation of additional cabin sections at a later time, secondly, to build a decompression chamber for astronauts to enter and exit the base, and thirdly, both ends of the entire base have been closed.
[0016] (The small decompression chamber is installed on the outside of the sealed door of the outermost box compartment, so that the entire lunar base has been installed on the earth. After arriving on the moon, two astronauts will pull out the box compartment of the lunar base, measure the degree of sealing, and inflate it with an inflatable pressurization device.) (The small decompression chamber can also be installed on the outside of the sealed door of the innermost box compartment at the same time, so that the entire lunar base has been installed on the earth. An additional isolation wall can be installed inside the innermost box compartment, and a sealed door is also installed on the isolation wall.) (Specifications of the small decompression chamber: 2 meters high, 1.2 meters wide, 1 meter thick, prefabricated in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, one side exposed, with a reserved nut fastening place, which can be fixed to the outside of the outermost box compartment, with a sealed door, and sealed.) The unified specifications of the sealed door of the closed base are: 1.9 meters high, 1 meter wide, and 0.1 meter thick.
[0017] After all the box sections of the closed base are pulled out and sealed, it becomes a closed base about 17 to 30 meters long.
[0018] The closed base on the moon has a rectangular lining made of an integrated flexible sealing and thermal insulation material installed inside the aluminum alloy box compartment. The shape and size of the lining are consistent with the shape of the box compartment. When the closed base is inflated on the moon through an inflation pressurization device, the lining will expand and fill the internal space of the base, which can not only increase the sealing reliability, but also provide thermal insulation for the base.
[0019] The closed base used on the earth can be made of polyethylene, polypropylene, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, stainless steel plate and other plates, and is made by bolt fastening, rivet connection, hot melt welding and other methods to accommodate people or store goods.
Claims
1. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing and installing a closed lunar base (or a base for other purposes on the earth) which is convenient, fast and has low construction difficulty, and fully utilizes the cargo space inside the lunar module carried by the rocket launched by the National Space Administration, and pre-manufactures a closed base on the earth, fixes the cargo space inside the lunar module securely, and then completes the installation manually or automatically after landing on the moon. In this way, there is no need to construct on the moon, because the environment on the moon is harsh, with ultra-high vacuum, and the astronauts' mobility is limited, and there are no basic construction conditions. Assuming that the cargo space inside the lunar module is 4m*3m*3m (length, width and height), a closed lunar base with a specification of 3m*2.5m*2.5m is manufactured on the earth.
2. The base uses solar panels to power high-performance, large-capacity battery packs. The solar panels are placed on the top of the base and connected with quick-plug line connectors. The battery packs and solar panels can be disassembled and placed in the cabin for easy transportation and repeated installation. It is environmentally friendly and energy-saving. Through software and hardware solutions, automation and artificial intelligence equipment, as well as communication control equipment, can be added.
3. The closed base used on the moon is equipped with a rectangular lining made of an integrated flexible sealing thermal insulation material. The shape and size of the lining are consistent with the shape of the box compartment. When the closed base is inflated on the moon through an inflatable pressurization device, the lining will expand and fill the internal space of the base, which can not only increase the sealing reliability, but also provide thermal insulation for the base.
4. For bases (camps) on the moon (Mars) or the earth, use a cylindrical or cubic (box-type) outer body, adopt multi-layer nested cabin sections, and a guide rail (or pulley) extension and pull-out structure. Sealing or non-sealing can be selected according to actual needs. The base is made of aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, carbon fiber reinforced composite material, polyethylene, polypropylene, stainless steel and other materials.
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