TY - JOUR
T1 - Geotechnical properties of JSC-1A lunar soil simulant
AU - Zeng, Xiangwu
AU - He, Chunmei
AU - Oravec, Heather
AU - Wilkinson, Allen
AU - Agui, Juan
AU - Asnani, Vivake
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - For the success of planned missions to the moon in the near future, it is essential to have a thorough understanding of the geotechnical behavior of lunar soil. However, only a limited amount of information is available about geotechnical properties of lunar soils. In addition, the amount of lunar soils brought back to Earth is small. To help the development of new regolith moving machines and vehicles that will be used in future missions, a new lunar soil similant JSC-1A has been developed. A group of conventional geotechnical laboratory tests was conducted to characterize the geotechnical properties of the simulant, such as particle size distribution, maximum and minimum bulk densities, compaction characteristics, shear strength parameters, and compressibility.
AB - For the success of planned missions to the moon in the near future, it is essential to have a thorough understanding of the geotechnical behavior of lunar soil. However, only a limited amount of information is available about geotechnical properties of lunar soils. In addition, the amount of lunar soils brought back to Earth is small. To help the development of new regolith moving machines and vehicles that will be used in future missions, a new lunar soil similant JSC-1A has been developed. A group of conventional geotechnical laboratory tests was conducted to characterize the geotechnical properties of the simulant, such as particle size distribution, maximum and minimum bulk densities, compaction characteristics, shear strength parameters, and compressibility.
KW - Geotechnical
KW - Geotechnical engineering
KW - Lunar soil
KW - Moon
KW - Simulant
KW - Simulation
KW - Soil properties
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000014
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949697945
SN - 0893-1321
VL - 23
SP - 111
EP - 116
JO - Journal of Aerospace Engineering
JF - Journal of Aerospace Engineering
IS - 2
ER -