Apollo-traceable simulant bed for traction, slip, and sinkage studies over repeated rover traversal.
A rover crosses the same class of terrain thousands of times, and the soil changes as it does. Wheels compact the surface, break down angular grains, and leave a track that behaves differently from virgin ground on the next pass. Slip ratio, drawbar pull, and slope climbing limits are all measured against that evolving condition, not against a single first contact. Generic sand rounds and packs differently from regolith, so traction curves measured on it drift away from flight behaviour over a mission-length traverse.
Regolithia Highland (RGS-H1) and Mare (RGS-M1) at phase match 96.4 % and 99.2 % preserve the particle morphology produced by brittle comminution that governs interlocking under repeated wheel passes. The particle size distribution and size fractions are published on each datasheet, so a soil bin can be prepared to a stated condition and restored between runs. Alternative size fractions can be produced on request for the wheel and grouser geometry under test. Bulk quantities support full-scale single-wheel testbeds and mobility rigs, with the same lot available across a campaign so traction data stays comparable.
Full Regolithia specApollo-traceable feedstock; rig-specific particle and density profiles on request.
Rover mobility and terramechanics engineers measuring slip, drawbar pull, and slope performance over repeated traversal.
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