One pneumatic wheel, four metal-elastic wheels, and two instrumented vehicles were laboratory tested in a fine sand to determine their relative performance and to establish a better understanding of the basic principles of the interaction of very lightly loaded wheels with a soil whose properties were varied to include the probable range of lunar soil properties. Programmed-slip tests were conducted with the single wheels and the vehicles, the latter being tested on both slopes and level surfaces. (Author)


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    Title :

    Performance Evaluation of Wheels for Lunar Vehicles


    Contributors:
    D. R. Freitag (author) / A. J. Green (author) / K. J. Melzer (author)

    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    207 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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    Freitag, D. R. / Green, A. J. / Melzer, K. J. | NTRS | 1970


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