Yoseph Bar-Cohen & Kris Zacny 
Drilling in Extreme Environments [PDF ebook] 
Penetration and Sampling on Earth and other Planets

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Uniquely comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial drilling and excavation, combining the technology of drilling with the state of the art in robotics. The authors come from industry and top ranking public and corporate research institutions and provide here real-life examples, problems, solutions and case studies, backed by color photographs throughout.
The result is a must-have for oil companies and all scientists involved in planetary research with robotic probes.
With a foreword by Harrison ‘Jack’ Schmitt — the first geologist to drill on the moon.

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Table des matières

1 Introduction
2 Principles of Drilling and Excavation
3 Ground Drilling and Excavation
4 Ice Drilling and Coring
5 Underwater Drilling
6 Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation
7 Planetary Sample Acquisition, Handling and Processing
8 Instruments for In-Situ Sample Analysis
9 Contamination and Planetary Protection
10 Conclusions

A propos de l’auteur

Yoseph Bar-Cohen is Senior Scientist and Supervisor at the JPL. Part of his research focuses on artificial muscles. He (co) authored more than 300 papers and co-edited books. Two NASA Honor Award Medals prove his standing.
Kris Zacny is Senior Research Scientist and Director of Drilling and Excavation Systems at Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation. Prior to this assignment, he served as engineer in the South African Mines and participated in two Arctic Expeditions where he performed drilling tests.
The authors team the editors have recruited consist of top notch experts from Colorado School of Mines and JPL.

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 767 ● ISBN 9783527626632 ● Taille du fichier 20.4 MB ● Éditeur Yoseph Bar-Cohen & Kris Zacny ● Maison d’édition Wiley-VCH ● Publié 2009 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2441230 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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