Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling:: Ground, Ice, and Underwater

Advancements in Extraterrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater discusses the latest developments in drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies, including drill types, techniques, and data interpretation. It covers a broad range of media and explores novel drilling and excavation approaches.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Advancements in Extraterrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater encompasses the latest developments in the field of developing drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies. This comprehensive book delves into various aspects of drilling, including drill types, techniques, and their advantages, as well as the associated challenges. It also covers rock coring, including acquisition, damage control, caching, and transport, as well as data interpretation. Additionally, it explores unconsolidated soil drilling and borehole stability.

The book provides a detailed description of the fundamental science behind the drilling process, encompassing the processes of breaking and penetrating different media. It also outlines the necessary hardware and the meticulous excavation and analysis of the sampled media.

The chapters in this book cover a wide range of topics, including drilling in ground, ice, underwater, and planetary surfaces, spanning from shallow depths to extremely deep regions. It emphasizes the need for a unified approach to assessing the required tools for different drilling requirements. Furthermore, the book explores the impact of the environment on drilling and discusses strategies to address these effects and the current challenges associated with drilling and excavation on other planets.

The book also examines innovative drilling and excavation approaches, such as using electroactive technologies, novel actuators driven by materials like piezoelectric and EAP (also known as artificial muscles), and biomimetic designs.

Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Supervisor of the Electroactive Technologies Group at the Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, is the author of this book. He is a renowned expert in electro-mechanics, with a focus on planetary sample handling mechanisms, novel actuators, and biomimetics.

Dr. Kris Zacny, a Senior Scientist and Vice President of Exploration Systems at , also contributes to the book with his expertise in extraterrestrial drilling.

Overall, Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater is a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and scientists interested in exploring and understanding extraterrestrial bodies. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the latest advancements in drilling technology and offers valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with extraterrestrial drilling.

Weight: 794g
Dimension: 177 x 252 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367674892