Spacesuit Integrated Carbon Nanotube Dust Removal System: A Scaled Prototype

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dc.creatorManyapu, Kavya
dc.creatorDe Leon, Pablo
dc.creatorPeltz, Leora
dc.creatorGaier, James
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-08T01:10:01Z
dc.date.available2018-07-08T01:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-08
dc.descriptionKavya Manyapu, University of North Dakota
dc.descriptionPablo De Leon, University of North Dakota
dc.descriptionLeora Peltz, The Boeing Company
dc.descriptionJames Gaier, NASA
dc.descriptionICES400: Extravehicular Activity: Space Suits
dc.descriptionThe 48th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on 08 July 2018 through 12 July 2018.
dc.description.abstractSpacesuit dust mitigation has been a topic of high relevance and a critical path for future planetary exploration missions including Moon, Mars and Asteroids. A previous study demonstrated utilizing Carbon Nanotube (CNT) yarns as electrodes embedded into coupons made of spacesuit outer-layer material. When a multiphase Alternating Current (AC) voltage signal was applied to this material, the spacesuit fabric repelled greater than 80% lunar dust simulant with particle sizes between 10-75m in ambient conditions. As a continuation to this study, the feasibility of scaling the CNT embedded dust removal system on larger portions of spacesuit is investigated. A scaled prototype, representative of the knee joint section of a planetary spacesuit utilizing specifics of the NDX-2 lunar spacesuit developed by University of North Dakota was constructed. The outer-layer of this prototype is embedded with the CNT dust removal system and tested under various conditions. Fabrication of this system and results from the experiments using lunar dust simulant are detailed in this paper.en_US
dc.identifier.otherICES_2018_278
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/74224
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher48th International Conference on Environmental Systemsen_US
dc.subjectspacesuit dust mitigation
dc.subjectCarbon nanotubes embedded spacesuit
dc.subjectlunar dust mitigation
dc.titleSpacesuit Integrated Carbon Nanotube Dust Removal System: A Scaled Prototypeen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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