Subsurface sampler and sensors platform using the Ultrasonic/Sonic Driller/Corer (USDC)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6529 PART 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bar Cohen, Yoseph ^a   Sherrit, Stewart ^a   Bao, Xiaoqi ^a   Badescu, Mircea ^a   Aldrich, Jack ^a   Chang, Zensheu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Gopher; Sampling; Subsurface exploration; Ultrasonic Sonic Driller Corer (USDC)

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; DRILLING; ICE; NASA; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; ROCKS; SAMPLING; SOILS; SPACE FLIGHT;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION; SONIC DRILLERS; SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION; SUBSURFACE SAMPLERS;

ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

EID: 35548969818     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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