Jigyasa: Kindle the Curiosity within You| Virtual Planetary Exploration
Virtual Planetary Exploration
To Create 3D Model of Light Weight and Foldable Material Handeling Equipment.
Summary
For the purpose of collecting and transporting lunar surface substances and sub-surface samples, astronauts would require equipment that is capable of handling and conveying the matter and substances to the shuttle and then back to the earth effectively. Here, we have come up with the idea of “foldable trolley”, a material handling equipment that would serve this purpose efficiently. The dimension of the trolley, considering full open condition is having a height of 1000mm, width of 850mm, and length of 1000mm. After folding the trolley width of trolley is get change and it is reduced from 850mm to 350mm and height and length is remain constant.
How We Addressed This Challenge
Along with consideration the weight and size restriction imposed, foldable trolley is made from carbon fiber to be robust and durable equipment. Here we have use standard square tube of carbon fiber having dimension of 1 inch, which provide ultimate tensile strength of 600MPa, and having young’s modulus of 70GPa. It occupies minimum space under unutilized circumstance due to its folding mechanism, and would bestow maximum volume for storage and transport while employed.
How We Developed This Project
We developed our 3D model using cad software "CATIA" , we used folding mechanism to shrink the dimensions from 850mm width to width of 350mm.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
This data help us to identify the product which we are going to build during hackathon.
Project Demo
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oz43xn9gCraKuuFORSrExYcumzXzYhqr?usp=sharing
Data & Resources
Apollo11 press kit, NASA 3D Model