Wheel-soil interaction testing

simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) and its various geomechanical properties such as cohesive modulus of deformation, frictional modulus of deformation, sinkage exponent, cohesion stress, angle of internal frict...

ated and compared with the lunar soils and lunar simulants. The plate load test and single wheel load tests were performed to determine the sinkage property (compression/settlement) of the LSS-ISAC...

terrain-shearing parameters such as cohesion, internal friction angle and shear deformation modulus without requiring information on wheel sinkage. The predicted terrain-shearing parameters can be...

ts of Load Type on the Mechanical Properties of the JLU Series Lunar Soil Simulant Article Preview View Pdf By email Abstract: The pressure-sinkage characteristics and the shear-strength characteri...

ui HH, Kobayashi T, Fukagawa R, Wells JC. Numerical and ex- perimental studies of gravity effect on the mechanism of lunar ex- cavations. J Terramechanics. 2009;46:115 24. 24. Kawamoto H, Tsuji K....

0.04.006 1-s2.0-S0022489810000388 10.1016/j.jterra.2010.04.006 S0022-4898(10)00038-8 Design and characterization of GRC-1: A soil for lunar terramechanics testing in Earth-ambient conditions Journa...

l parameters, introducing sensors, etc.) result in giving a better performance. This can be done by calculating the performance parameters (drawbar pull DP, sinkage, torque, rolling resistance) for...

rties are necessary for predicting lunar soil behaviour under operational loading conditions, including lander pad bearing pressures, rover wheel soil interaction, excavation forces, and foundation...