Drilling in Extreme Environments
Penetration and Sampling on Earth and other Planets
(Sprache: Englisch)
Comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial environments, combining drilling technology with the state of the art in robotics. Top authors from industry and research provide real-life examples, problems, solutions and case studies.
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Comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial environments, combining drilling technology with the state of the art in robotics. Top authors from industry and research provide real-life examples, problems, solutions and case studies.
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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.
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" Smith -- the first geologist to drill on the moon.
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" Smith -- the first geologist to drill on the moon.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Drilling in Extreme Environments “
1 Introduction2 Principles of Drilling and Excavation3 Ground Drilling and Excavation4 Ice Drilling and Coring5 Underwater Drilling6 Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation7 Planetary Sample Acquisition, Handling and Processing8 Instruments for In-Situ Sample Analysis9 Contamination and Planetary Protection10 Conclusions
Autoren-Porträt
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2009, LX, 767 Seiten, 36 farbige Abbildungen, 443 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 18,2 x 24,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Kris Zacny
- Verlag: Wiley-VCH
- ISBN-10: 3527408525
- ISBN-13: 9783527408528
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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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... Beautifully illustrated with half tone reproductions, and drawings and graphs and tables with 26 pages of color plates, the volume will be found to be a significant addition to drilling." (Current Engineering Practice, 2011)
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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. . . Beautifully illustrated with half tone reproductions, and drawings and graphs and tables with 26 pages of color plates, the volume will be found to be a significant addition to drilling." (Current Engineering Practice, 2011)Kommentar zu "Drilling in Extreme Environments"
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