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- Title
Slope Stability Analysis and Soil Mechanical Properties of Impact Craters around the Lunar South Pole.
- Authors
Huang, Yantong; Zhang, Jiang; Li, Bo; Chen, Shengbo
- Abstract
Water ice has been found in the permanently shadowed regions of impact craters around the lunar South Pole, which makes them ideal areas for in situ exploration missions. However, near the rim of impact craters, construction and exploration activities may cause slope instability. As a result, a better understanding of the shear strength of lunar soil under higher stress conditions is required. This paper mainly uses the finite element method to analyze slope stability to determine the position and shape of the slip surface and assess the safety factor. The height and gradient of the slope, the shear strength of lunar soil, and the lunar surface mission all influence the stability of the slope. We also analyze the soil mechanical properties of a soil slope adjacent to the traverse path of the Chang'E-4 Yutu-2 rover. Determining the stability of the slope at the lunar South Pole impact crater under various loading conditions will enhance the implementation of the lunar surface construction program. In this respect, this paper simulates a lunar mission landing at the Shackleton and Shoemaker craters and indicates that areas with higher cohesion lunar soil may be more stable for exploration in the more complex terrain of the South Pole.
- Subjects
SOUTH Pole; LUNAR south pole; LUNAR craters; SLOPE stability; SOIL testing; IMPACT craters; SHEAR strength of soils; ROCK slopes
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 2, p371
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs16020371