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Drilling power consumption and soil conveying volume performances of lunar sampling auger

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The sampling auger used in lunar sampling and return mission is to transmit power and convey soil, and its performance is the key factor of the whole mission. However, there is currently a lack of the optimization research on soil conveying volume and power consumption models in auger structure design. To provide the drilled object, the simulation lunar soil, whose physical and mechanical property is the same as the real soil, is made by reducing soil void ratio. The models are formulated to analyze the influence of auger structure parameters on power consumption and soil conveying volume. To obtain the optimized structure parameters of auger, the multi-objective optimization functions of the maximum soil conveying volume and minimum power consumption are developed. To verify the correctness of the models, the performances of different augers drilling simulation soil are tested. The test results demonstrate that the power consumption of optimized auger is the lowest both in theory and test, and the experimental results of soil conveying volume are in agreement with theoretical analysis. Consequently, a new method for designing a lunar sampling auger is proposed which includes the models of soil conveying volume and transportation power consumption, the optimization of structure parameters and the comparison tests. This method provides a reference for sampling auger designing of the Chinese Lunar Sample Mission.

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    Ye Tian, Dewei Tang, Zongquan Deng, Shengyuan Jiang & Qiquan Quan

  2. Research Center of Package Mechanical Design, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, 150030, China

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Supported by National Defense Science and Technology Major Project (Grant Nos. TY3Q20110001, TY3Q20110005), College Discipline Innovation Wisdom Plan of China(111 Project, Grant No. B07018), and National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 51105092)

TIAN Ye, born in 1981, is currently a PhD candidate at Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. His research interests include space or stars sample technology.

TANG Dewei, born in 1966, is currently an professor at Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. He received his PhD degree from Harbin Institute of Technology University. His research interests include space or stars sample technology, pipeline robotics, technology and control of robot.

DENG Zongquan, born in 1956, is currently an professor at Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. He received his PhD degree from Harbin Institute of Technology University. His research interests include technology and control of robot, planet vehicle, pipeline robotics, space or stars sample technology.

JIANG Shengyuan, born in 1969, is currently an professor at Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. He received his PhD degree from Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. His research interests include space or stars sample technology, pipeline robotics, planet vehicle.

QUAN Qiquan, born in 1983, is currently a lecturer at Harbin Institute of Technology University, China. He received his PhD degree from Ritsumeikan University. His research interests include space or stars sample technology, pipeline robotics, planet vehicle.

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Tian, Y., Tang, D., Deng, Z. et al. Drilling power consumption and soil conveying volume performances of lunar sampling auger. Chin. J. Mech. Eng. 28, 451–459 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3901/CJME.2015.0301.021

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