Drilling in Extreme Environments: Penetration and Sampling on Earth and other Planets
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3527408525 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 827 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The result is a must-have for oil companies and all scientists involved in planetary research with robotic probes. 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. With a foreword by Harrison "Jack" Schmitt -- the first geologist to drill on the moon.
Part of his research focuses on artificial muscles. Kris Zacny is Senior Research Scientist and Director of Drilling and Excavation Systems at Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is Senior Scientist and Supervisor at the JPL. He (co) authored more than 300 papers and co-edited books. The authors team the editors have recruited consist of top notch experts from Colorado School of Mines and JPL. Two NASA Honor Award Meda
A great book to read! As an engineer working in petroleum industry, I strongly recommend this book because it has a lot of information covering drilling-related techniques. The authors are from academic universities, research laboratories, oil and gas industries and NASA. Drilling has been extensively used in various locations, from planetary bodies such as Mars, Moons to Earth land and ocean. You can learn the up-to-date knowledge and the latest drilling technologies from this book and it was very fun to read this book!
"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 roboticsBeautifully 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)