New scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand

New scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand 06/07/2017 10:31 AM EDT Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a scaling law to describe how objects move through sand. The scaling law can be used to predict how large trucks and cars drive through this material, based on how toy versions of those vehicles drive through an experimental sandbox containing the same grains. Full story at http://news.mit.edu/2017/scaling-law-predicts-wheels-drive-sand-mars-rovers-0530 Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111