Abstract: The act of planting a flag on the moon carries immense significance in the realm of human space exploration. Therefore, this paper develops a discrete-element method–finite-element method (DEM–FEM) coupling algorithm to ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the safe landing process of a reentry capsule in detail with respect to landing attitude and rebound response. First, the discrete-element method (DEM) of the land soil and the finite-element method ...