Concept of virtual soil bin by DEM for lunar locomotion studies

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 40-

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Aoki, Shigeru ^b   Kanamori, Hiroshi ^c   Oida, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAVITATION; LUNAR MISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LUNAR LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; VIRTUAL SOIL BIN;

SOILS;

EID: 33845717126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40830(188)40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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