On the behavior of granular materials in rough wheel contacts on mars

Earth and Space 2006 - Proceedings of the 10th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 32-

  Higgs III, C Fred ^a   Jasti, Venkata ^a   Racusen, Christopher ^a   Heller, Courtney ^b   Cohen, Nadav ^a   Tichy, John ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GRANULAR KINETIC LUBRICATION (GKL); ROLLING CONTACTS; WHEEL ROUGHNESS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 33845706617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40830(188)32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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