Simulating Regoliths in a Microgravity Environment

Details Simulating Regoliths in a Microgravity Environment Simulating Regoliths in a Microgravity Environment

Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..887m&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.887

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The dynamics of granular materials are involved in the evolution of solid planets and small bodies in our Solar System, whose surfaces are generally covered with regolith. An understanding of granular dynamics appears also to be critical for the design and/or operations of landers, sampling devices and rovers to be included in space missions. The AstEx experiment uses a microgravity modified Taylor-Couette shear cell to investigate granular motion caused by shear and shear reversal forces under the microgravity conditions of parabolic flight. The results will lead to a greater understanding of the mechanical response of granular materials subject to external forces in varying gravitational environments.

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