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Abstract

The K10 PDCP is a two-axis stand alone system mounted to a NASA Ames K10 rover. The PDCP system includes a percussive drive mechanism, a penetrometer rod and cone, a deployment system, and dedicated lithium-ion battery-powered avionics. The percussive drive mechanism provides the necessary percussive action to the cone required to penetrate soils and measure soil bearing strength.

Keywords

planetary rovers, space exploration, moon, terramechanics

Notes

Text Reference

Kris Zacny, Terrence W. Fong, Jack Wilson, Susan Y. Lee, Linda Kobayashi, Matthew Deans, Arthur Ashley, and Chris Santoro, "Percussive Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Geotechnical Surface Assessment with a Planetary Rover," NLSI Lunar Science Conference, July, 2008.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Fong_2008_6130,
   author = "Kris Zacny and Terrence W Fong and Jack Wilson and Susan Y. Lee and Linda Kobayashi and Matthew Deans and Arthur Ashley and Chris Santoro",
   title = "Percussive Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Geotechnical Surface Assessment with a Planetary Rover",
   booktitle = "NLSI Lunar Science Conference",
   month = "July",
   year = "2008",
   number = "2138",
}

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