Research Article

Improving the Slippage Resistance of Successors of the Mars Instrument “Heat Flow Property Package Instrument” (HP3) Using Bekker’s Spaced-Linked Track

Table 4

Results of the numerical analysis of single cleats with unit-width of Bekkers spaced-link track for Earth and Mars gravity.

Contact areaForce (Earth) (Earth)Force (Mars) (Mars)
[N/mm][mm][N/mm][mm]

2500.11741.50.086527.5
7500.08926.50.07119.5
15000.07921.50.06617.25
25000.07518.50.0615.5