Thermal simulation of drilling into lunar rock simulant by discrete element method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.05.002
Abstract: Abstract This study investigated the thermal problem of drilling into a lunar rock simulant. A thermal model involving radiation and heat transfer involved a geometry for drilling into the lunar rock simulant was established using… read more here.
Keywords: rock simulant; simulation; lunar rock; drilling lunar ... See more keywords
DEM thermal simulation of bit and object in drilling of lunar soil simulant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.013
Abstract: Abstract The bit and object thermal problem was investigated in this study with particular regard to the drilling of lunar soil simulant. The discrete element method (DEM) was used to establish a thermal model of… read more here.
Keywords: bit object; soil simulant; dem; drilling lunar ... See more keywords
Invariance of conveying capacity for drilling into lunar soil simulant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.08.001
Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we study the conveying dynamics in the helical groove of an auger drilling into lunar simulant. We demonstrate that the stress-coupling effect of the conveyed granules by the groove of a… read more here.
Keywords: drilling lunar; lunar soil; capacity drilling; soil simulant ... See more keywords