TY - GEN
T1 - Influence of Ice on Velocity of Waves in Regolith
AU - Zeng, Xiangwu
AU - Yang, Xu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - One of the top priorities in exploring planets and moons in the solar system is to find the existence of water as it is a basic resource for human habitation and a feed material to make fuel. In many likely locations, water will exist in form of ice crystals scattered among the voids between granular particles. Developing a reliable and simple technique to detect the existence of ice crystals can bring significant benefits to such exploration missions. In this study, wave velocity measurement is conducted on soil samples with different water contents so as to investigate the influence of ice crystals on the measured wave velocities. A wide range of water contents are used in the experiment to establish trend lines for the influence. The goal is to establish basic science principles for future surface exploration on the moon or Mars in hope of detecting the existence of ice in the regolith using the data of wave velocity measurement.
AB - One of the top priorities in exploring planets and moons in the solar system is to find the existence of water as it is a basic resource for human habitation and a feed material to make fuel. In many likely locations, water will exist in form of ice crystals scattered among the voids between granular particles. Developing a reliable and simple technique to detect the existence of ice crystals can bring significant benefits to such exploration missions. In this study, wave velocity measurement is conducted on soil samples with different water contents so as to investigate the influence of ice crystals on the measured wave velocities. A wide range of water contents are used in the experiment to establish trend lines for the influence. The goal is to establish basic science principles for future surface exploration on the moon or Mars in hope of detecting the existence of ice in the regolith using the data of wave velocity measurement.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784481899.007
DO - 10.1061/9780784481899.007
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091434537
T3 - Earth and Space 2018: Engineering for Extreme Environments - Proceedings of the 16th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
SP - 61
EP - 67
BT - Earth and Space 2018
A2 - Malla, Ramesh B.
A2 - Goldberg, Robert K.
A2 - Roberts, Alaina Dickason
T2 - 16th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, Earth and Space 2018
Y2 - 9 April 2018 through 12 April 2018
ER -