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Performance of boeing lrv wheels in a lunar soil simulant. report 1: effect of wheel design and soil
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Melzer, K. Green, A. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1971 |
| Description | Six versions of the wire mesh wheel were laboratory tested in a lunar soil simulant, consisting of a crushed basalt with a grainsize distribution similar to that of samples collected during Apollo 11 and 12 flights, to determine their relative performance. The consistency of the soil was varied to cover a range of cohesive and frictional properties to simulate soil conditions assumed to exist on the moon. Programmed-slip and constant-slip tests conducted with the single wheel dynamometer system showed that the performance of the wheel covered with a metal chevron tread over 50 percent of its contact surface was slightly superior to that of other tread designs. |
| File Size | 3400117 |
| Page Count | 86 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19720021195 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6n05ws3r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1971-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Sciences Performance Tests Vehicle Wheels Lunar Roving Vehicles Manned Lunar Surface Vehicles Lunar Soil Space Environment Simulation Soil Mechanics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
