Roy Lichtenheldt

1.0k total citations
38 papers, 265 citations indexed

About

Roy Lichtenheldt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Lichtenheldt has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 265 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 15 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roy Lichtenheldt's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (25 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers) and Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (13 papers). Roy Lichtenheldt is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (25 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers) and Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (13 papers). Roy Lichtenheldt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Roy Lichtenheldt's co-authors include Olaf Krömer, Matthias Grott, T. L. Hudson, Tilman Spohn, Bernd Schäfer, S. Piqueux, Nils Müller, N. A. Teanby, M. P. Golombek and Constantinos Charalambous and has published in prestigious journals such as Space Science Reviews, Planetary and Space Science and Advances in Space Research.

In The Last Decade

Roy Lichtenheldt

34 papers receiving 248 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Lichtenheldt Germany 9 186 96 56 42 35 38 265
Lars Witte Germany 11 311 1.7× 243 2.5× 25 0.4× 32 0.8× 26 0.7× 44 438
Deng-Yun Yu China 9 166 0.9× 119 1.2× 33 0.6× 24 0.6× 16 0.5× 35 286
J. Craft United States 14 387 2.1× 196 2.0× 52 0.9× 94 2.2× 30 0.9× 42 478
Yang Jia China 8 169 0.9× 165 1.7× 49 0.9× 46 1.1× 60 1.7× 30 341
Zezhou Sun China 11 224 1.2× 169 1.8× 19 0.3× 25 0.6× 21 0.6× 30 376
E. Mumm United States 9 118 0.6× 66 0.7× 21 0.4× 70 1.7× 34 1.0× 18 198
Rebecca Masterson United States 6 37 0.2× 69 0.7× 82 1.5× 56 1.3× 22 0.6× 27 270
A. Okon United States 5 86 0.5× 41 0.4× 8 0.1× 34 0.8× 20 0.6× 6 156
Matthew W. Smith United States 7 45 0.2× 98 1.0× 152 2.7× 20 0.5× 3 0.1× 15 302

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Lichtenheldt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Lichtenheldt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spohn, Tilman, T. L. Hudson, Ł. Wiśniewski, et al.. (2022). The InSight-HP3 mole on Mars: Lessons learned from attempts to penetrate to depth in the Martian soil. Advances in Space Research. 69(8). 3140–3163. 35 indexed citations
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Bahls, Thomas, Maxime Chalon, Franz Hacker, et al.. (2022). MMX Rover Locomotion Subsystem - Development and Testing towards the Flight Model. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–13. 5 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, et al.. (2022). Toolchain for a Mobile Robot Applied on the DLR Scout Rover. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–15. 4 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, et al.. (2021). A Mission Concept for Lava Tube Exploration on Mars and Moon — The DLR Scout Rover. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1443. 2 indexed citations
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Spohn, Tilman, Matthias Grott, Nils Müller, et al.. (2020). Mars Regolith Properties as Constrained from HP3 Mole Operations and Thermal Measurements. 3 indexed citations
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Krömer, Olaf, Matthias Grott, Tilman Spohn, et al.. (2019). Design details of the HP3 mole onboard the InSight mission. Acta Astronautica. 164. 152–167. 18 indexed citations
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Hudson, T. L., et al.. (2019). Penetration and performance testing of the HP³ Mole for the InSight Mars mission. Planetary and Space Science. 181. 104780–104780. 11 indexed citations
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Lange, Caroline, et al.. (2018). Exploring small bodies: Nano- and microlander options derived from the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout. Advances in Space Research. 62(8). 2055–2083. 13 indexed citations
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Bellmann, Tobias, et al.. (2018). The DLR Terramechanics Robotics Locomotion Lab. elib (German Aerospace Center). 6 indexed citations
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Morgan, Paul, Matthias Grott, Brigitte Knapmeyer‐Endrun, et al.. (2018). A Pre-Landing Assessment of Regolith Properties at the InSight Landing Site. Space Science Reviews. 214(6). 58 indexed citations
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Becker, Felix, et al.. (2016). Enabling Autonomous Locomotion into Sand - A Mobile and Modular Drilling Robot. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Kömle, Norbert I., G. Kargl, Helmut Schweiger, et al.. (2016). Extended Pile Driving Model to Predict the Penetration of the Insight/HP3 Mole into the Martian Soil. Space Science Reviews. 211(1-4). 217–236. 9 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy & Olaf Krömer. (2016). Soil Modeling for InSight’s HP 3 -Mole: From Highly Accurate Particle-Based towards Fast Empirical Models. elib (German Aerospace Center). 142–153. 5 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy. (2015). A NOVEL SYSTEMATIC METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE CONTACT PARAMETERS OF PARTICLES IN DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS OF SOIL. elib (German Aerospace Center). 430–441. 3 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, et al.. (2015). Heterogeneous,multi-tier wheel ground contact simulation for planetary exploration. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, Bernd Schäfer, & Olaf Krömer. (2014). Hammering beneath the surface of Mars - modeling and simulation of the impact-driven locomotion of the HP 3 -Mole by coupling enhanced multi-body dynamics and discrete element method. elib (German Aerospace Center). 11 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, Bernd Schäfer, Olaf Krömer, & Tim van Zoest. (2014). Hammering beneath the surface of Mars - Forensic Engineering of failures in the HP3-Mole by applying multi-body dynamics simulation. elib (German Aerospace Center). 2 indexed citations
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Lichtenheldt, Roy, et al.. (2013). Locomotion on Soft Granular Soils: A Discrete Element based Approach for Simulations in Planetary Exploration. elib (German Aerospace Center). 8 indexed citations

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