Analysis and simulation of the Ultrasonic/Sonic Driller/Corer (USDC)
The USDC was developed to address the challenges to the NASA objective of planetary in-situ rock sampling analysis. A computer program was developed to simulate the operation of the USDC and successfully predicted the characteristic behavior of the new device. This paper covers the theory, the analytical models and the algorithms that were developed and predicted the results.
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