On the basis of the previous work, considering the solar heat absorbed by the lunar surface inward and the lunar thermal radiation heat released outward, as well as the nonlinearities of the thermodynamic parameters of the lunar soil related to the temperature and depth, we have developed a thermo-elastic coupled finite element parallel program suitable for the study of the temporal and spatial evolutions of the temperature, deformation, and thermal stress of the lunar soil, and have utilized the four sets of finite element models to investigate the effects of the characteristic thicknesses of the lunar soil on the temporal and spatial evolutions of the temperature, deformation and thermal stresses of the lunar surface. The computational results show that the temperature of the lunar surface varies periodically over one lunar day (29.5 Earth days), and the temperature of the equatorial lunar surface varies from 100 to 385 K, with the variation decaying exponentially with the increase of the depth, and the depth of influence reaches to about 50 cm. The temperature cyclic changes also cause the vertical displacement of the lunar surface to rise and fall, and the horizontal normal stress of the lunar surface in the form of compression and tension. In general, the horizontal stresses are compressed during the day and tensile during the night, with the fastest increase in tensile stress at 18:00 and the highest tensile stress at 06:00. The characteristic thickness of the lunar soil has a strong influence on the temporal and spatial distributions of the temperature and the horizontal positive stresses. The magnitude of thermal stresses may reach the tensile strength of the lunar surface. The fastest growth of tensile stress and the period of maximum amplitude coincide with the observed high frequency of thermal events on the lunar surface in the morning and evening.
ZHANG Junce
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HU Caibo
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SHI Yaolin
. Cause of thermal event moonquakes by thermos-elastic stress finite element models[J]. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024
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DOI: 10.7523/j.ucas.2022.045
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