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Volume 4, Number 2, April 2019 (Special Issue) , pages 141-153 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2019.4.2.141 |
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Simulating and evaluating regolith propagation effects during drilling in low gravity environments |
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Patrick C. Suermann, Hriday H. Patel and Luke D. Sauter
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| Abstract | ||
| This research is comprised of virtually simulating behavior while experiencing low gravity effects in advance of real world testing in low gravity aboard Zero Gravity Corporation | ||
| Key Words | ||
| space regolith; space construction; zero gravity; space drilling; computational design; static stress analysis | ||
| Address | ||
| Patrick C. Suermann, Hriday H. Patel:Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University Francis Hall 321D, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3137 Luke D. Sauter: Department of Astronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, HQ USAFA/DFAS, 2354 Fairchild Dr., USAFA, CO 80840 | ||
