Abstract
Exploration of hostile extraterrestrial surfaces is fundamentally bottlenecked by atmospheric density and chemistry variations. Extreme regimes—ranging from the near-vacuum, highly abrasive dust environment of Mars to the supercritical, crushing, hyper-corrosive fluid matrix of Venus—render passive, material-heavy armor systems logistically unviable due to strict launch mass constraints. This paper introduces the Acoustic Boundary Layer Control (ABLC) Framework, a paradigm shift that replaces physical, degradable hardware armor with active, throttleable kinetic force fields. By utilizing the localized medium's own molecular density, the ABLC generates an invisible, high-intensity boundary layer of extreme low pressure and low density via focused rarefaction wave matrices. This architecture is first validated through terrestrial naval analog testing frameworks, then scaled globally into a universal planetary insertion mechanism, and finally miniaturized into a wearable, high-attenuation personnel protective envelope.
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Recommended Citation
Eckes, Christopher L., "The ABLC Framework: Terrestrial Naval Analog Validation for Multi-Planetary Surface Insertion and Personal Personnel Protective Fields", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/11720