Evaluation of rock masses on planetary surfaces

• Thesis title in Czech: Určování hmotností kamenů (valounků) na povrchu planet
• Thesis title in English: Evaluation of rock masses on planetary surfaces
• Key words: hmotnost, kameny, valouny, hustota, gravitace, objem, 3D tiskárna
• English key words: mass, rocks, pebbles, density, gravity, volume, 3D printer
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2018/2019
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics (31-450)
• Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Günther Kletetschka, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 17.09.2019
• Date of assignment: 07.08.2020
• Date of electronic submission: 13.08.2020
• Date of proceeded defence: 16.09.2020
• Opponents: RNDr. Radek Mikuláš, CSc., DSc.

Preliminary scope of work

Student vypracuje podrobnou rešerši novodobých přístupů určování hmotnosti horninových objektů na povrchu planet. K tomu účelu změří hmotnosti 5 valounů a u několika vybraných pomocí fotografií z mnoha směrů určí objem těchto objektů. Dále urči složení hornin pomoci rentgenové fluorescence (XRF).

Preliminary scope of work in English

Student will provide a detailed literature summary of evaluation of rock masses on planetary surfaces. Student would measure mass of 5 rock pebbles and than perform their imaging from various direction. Set of these images would be used to generate 3D model of the pebbles. Density of these pebbles would be derived from X-ray fluorescence measurements.