Lightweight bulldozer attachment for construction and excavation on the lunar surface

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mueller, Robert P ^a   Wilkinson, R Allen ^b   Gallo, Christopher A ^b   Nick, Andrew J ^a   Schuler, Jason M ^a   King, Robert H ^c  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES; COMBINED SYSTEM; CUTTING EDGES; DRAFT FORCE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FIELD TEST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL; LUNAR REGOLITH; LUNAR SIMULANT; LUNAR SURFACE; LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS; MOBILITY PLATFORM; NASA ENGINEERS; OPERATIONAL BEHAVIOR; SITE PREPARATION;

EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

NASA;

EID: 77958571976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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