模拟月面环境钻进过程热特性研究

根据实际月面采样任务需求,月壤钻取采样器须在真空条件下,实现无辅助冷却介质的连续钻进取心工作,这极易导致钻头温度快速升高,影响采样任务的可靠进行。因此,为深入研究钻进过程的热特性,通过分析钻头切削具与孔底月壤的切削和摩擦机理,建立钻头在钻进过程中的温升模型,归纳影响钻头温升的主要因素。根据月面真空条件下的月壤环境,制备真空度低于10 Pa、钻进深度不少于2 m的模拟月壤,并开展钻进过程热特性试验。试验结果表明钻头前端切削具的温升与钻压力存在很强的正相关性,与钻头扭矩相关性较弱。基于试验结果对温升模型中的相关性系数进行修正,拟合出钻头温升曲线,并与试验实测结果进行对比,实现了钻进过程热特性的定性分析。     

月面钻进真空环境模拟装置的设计与验证

探月工程（三期）项目提出了在月面进行至少2 m深度的钻取采样任务,前期需要在地面进行模拟月面钻进过程热特性的研究,为此本文发明了一套月面真空环境模拟装置。根据模拟月壤钻进试验的要求,设计了一种可从底部抽气的三段式可多次拆装的真空罐结构。考虑到模拟月壤的颗粒大小和快速抽真空的要求,设计了一种筛网状具有多层过滤结构的月壤筒。根据在真空度不变的条件下可进行连续多次钻进试验的要求,设计了可从外部操作的具有缺齿结构的月壤筒转动机构。由真空度要求和可耐粉尘的特性要求,选取了三级扩散泵组。实验表明,在不放置模拟月壤的情况下,本环境模拟装置中的真空度可达10-1 Pa,在放置模拟月壤的情况下,真空度可达7 Pa,能够满足模拟月面钻进过程热特性试验的要求。此外,通过测量抽真空过程中真空度随时间的变化情况还得出了模拟月壤出气量曲线,对模拟月壤真空系统的实验应用具有重要价值。      

月面钻取式自动采样机构的设计与分析

月面自动采样机构是月球探测的重要工具之一,对实现月壤采样起着关键作用,是中国月球探测任务中急需解决的关键问题.文章提出了一种用于深层月壤样品采集的、具有同轴双管单动钻具和柔性取样袋的钻取式自动采样机构设计方案,详细阐述了采样机构的功能、组成与原理.通过对采样过程的力学特性进行分析,得到钻杆螺旋叶片升角为14°、轴向进给速度为5.7 mm/s和回转角速度为13.1 rad/s时钻进效果最优;且为获取1m深度月壤,钻杆直径不能小于7 mm.利用土力学仿真分析软件ABAQUS建立了月壤和钻具的力学模型,对钻具钻入月壤过程进行了动力学仿真,结果为钻进阻力约300 N、钻进阻力矩7.5 N·m.     

铲挖式表层月壤采样器设计与试验

针对月球表层土壤的采样任务,设计了一种搭载于机械臂末端的采样器。基于离散元手段,利用Scott真实月壤微型三轴压缩试验数据,完成仿真散体颗粒特性参数匹配,开展了采样器铲取、挖取采样过程的仿真分析,获得作业过程采样器的动力学特性。此外,开发了采样器性能测试系统,针对不同模拟月壤对象进行了采样试验,测试获得了采样器采样能力随深度及月壤硬度的变化情况,得到采样器操作参数的可行区域。采样器能够实现铲取、挖取和封装容器转移多重任务,研究工作为中国未来的月面采样任务提供方案借鉴和技术支撑。     

无轴螺旋式模拟月壤主动填充装置研制

针对月面综合钻进试验台模拟月壤利用率和试验效率低的问题,提出一种主动送土试验台的设计方案,满足月面钻采作业机具的取芯特性专项验证需求。该方案利用无轴螺旋作为模拟月壤传送的核心部件,采用集成料斗实现难流动物料连续送料的功能,通过无轴螺旋转动主动将模拟月壤垂直送入取芯机构,代替综合钻进试验台钻取月壤的作用,可以实现多种级配模拟月壤的定量和定压输送。为了验证设计参数的正确性,利用EDEM离散元分析模拟月壤输送特性,并开展了试验验证。结果表明：以无轴螺旋作为主动送土机构的核心单元,可实现主动送土试验台自主、高效率地进行模拟月壤输送模拟多种取芯工况,为工程部门钻采作业机具研制定型提供性能参数验证的依据。     

施必牢螺纹在采样钻具防松连接中的应用研究

在月面环境下实施钻取采样作业任务,采样钻具将受到驱动部件的高频冲击作用以及月壤交变载荷的复合作用,钻进过程中还可能需要钻具反转。为了确保在各种复杂条件下钻具的螺纹连接不松脱、不错相,对采样钻具螺纹连接失效模式进行了分析,提出了一种应用施必牢螺纹实现防松的方案,并与标准螺纹进行了对比性实验研究,验证了施必牢螺纹在采样钻具中应用的可行性。     

月面表层无人采样控制技术

针对"嫦娥五号"月面表层无人采样任务过程中机械臂精确控制难度大、器地协同工作复杂导致常规遥操作工作模式难以在有限时间内完成任务的问题,提出了月面表层无人采样高效控制方法和新的工作模式.通过建立采样区量化评价指标体系实现采样点规划、采用预先规划方法进行任务规划和机械臂运动控制规划、在线学习机械臂末端精调路径与多视角融合图...     

一种基于压电驱动的火星岩石钻探器的研制

钻取采样是未来火星探测采样任务中获取星表岩石样本的一种有效方式。压电驱动的超声波钻取采样技术以压电陶瓷作为作动元件,对火星表面复杂环境具有一定的适应性。基于高频冲击钻进的工作原理,超声波钻探装置容易刺入火星表面坚硬的岩石。作为一种轻质小巧、低功耗的钻探器,超声波钻探器非常适合火星表面岩石的原位探测采样任务。本文借助仿真和试验手段验证了超声波钻探器的岩石钻进能力和钻探效率。超声波钻探器的研制可为未来火星表面岩石的钻探采样任务提供技术参考。     

侵彻式月壤探测地面模拟试验研究

月面通常由细颗粒粉末状月壤覆盖,利用侵彻器可实现次表层月壤的探测.在侵彻器与月壤相互作用的过程中,为研究侵彻器结构及科学载荷缓冲结构的抗冲击性能、不同剖面组构的抗侵彻性与辨识性,以及侵彻后对月壤的扰动强弱,开展了100～260 m/s全尺寸侵彻器对3类月壤模拟样本的侵彻试验.试验结果表明,约3×104 g过载下侵彻器结...     

Investigating the soil removal characteristics of flexible tube coring method for lunar exploration

Compared with other technical solutions, sampling the planetary soil and returning it back to Earth may be the most direct method to seek the evidence of extraterrestrial life. To keep sample’s stratification for further analyzing, a novel sampling method called flexible tube coring has been adopted for China future lunar explorations. Given the uncertain physical properties of lunar regolith, proper drilling parameters should be adjusted immediately in piercing process. Otherwise, only a small amount of core could be sampled and overload drilling faults could occur correspondingly. Due to the fact that the removed soil is inevitably connected with the cored soil, soil removal characteristics may have a great influence on both drilling loads and coring results. To comprehend the soil removal characteristics, a non-contact measurement was proposed and verified to acquire the coring and removal results accurately. Herein, further more experiments in one homogenous lunar regolith simulant were conducted, revealing that there exists a sudden core failure during the sampling process and the final coring results are determined by the penetration per revolution index. Due to the core failure, both drilling loads and soil’s removal states are also affected thereby.     

A drilling tool design and in situ identification of planetary regolith mechanical parameters

The physical and mechanical properties as well as the heat flux of regolith are critical evidence in the study of planetary origin and evolution. Moreover, the mechanical properties of planetary regolith have great value for guiding future human planetary activities. For planetary subsurface exploration, an inchworm boring robot (IBR) has been proposed to penetrate the regolith, and the mechanical properties of the regolith are expected to be simultaneously investigated during the penetration process using the drilling tool on the IBR. This paper provides a preliminary study of an in situ method for measuring planetary regolith mechanical parameters using a drilling tool on a test bed. A conical-screw drilling tool was designed, and its drilling load characteristics were experimentally analyzed. Based on the drilling tool-regolith interaction model, two identification methods for determining the planetary regolith bearing and shearing parameters are proposed. The bearing and shearing parameters of lunar regolith simulant were successfully determined according to the pressure-sinkage tests and shear tests conducted on the test bed. The effects of the operating parameters on the identification results were also analyzed. The results indicate a feasible scheme for future planetary subsurface exploration.     

宇航员手持式高频冲击采样装置的设计研究

获取具有原态层理信息的月壤剖面样品是我国载人登月人工采样任务的重要目标之一。对比国外地外天体采样技术,提出了一种适合宇航员手持操作的高频冲击式采样装置。采样装置采用高频冲击作用下颗粒的单向运移原理,可保证样品的原态层理信息,降低了采样功耗,提高了取芯率;取芯机构表面的各向异性摩擦形貌增强了颗粒单向运移效果,提高了采样效率;改变冲击频率进行取芯试验,得到了冲击频率与表面形貌对取芯率的影响规律,为我国载人登月人工采样装置的设计研究提供技术参考。     

月面回转钻进采样非脆弱鲁棒控制

回转钻进采样技术是实现月面采样任务的重要手段。回转采样机构在月面复杂环境下会发生模型摄动,并受到外部扰动的影响,采样控制器的鲁棒性对顺利完成采样任务具有重要意义。本文针对回转采样机构,分析了采样过程中的模型摄动、外部扰动影响,建立了采样机构状态空间模型,利用线性矩阵不等式方法设计了状态反馈非脆弱鲁棒控制器,仿真结果表明:在有界模型摄动、有界随机系统扰动情况下,回转钻进采样控制系统内稳定,并对扰动具有抑制能力。     

Research on the evaluation method of lunar soil disturbance based on the fitting of Gaussian surface

It is crucial to maintain the layer sequence information on in situ lunar soil during the lunar soil sampling. In this paper, a discrete element model for direct push sampling of the lunar weathering layer is established, and the relationship between the perturbation rate of the lunar soil layer sequence information and the sampling depth is obtained. A quantitative evaluation method of the perturbation rate of the structural information on the lunar soil layer sequence based on the Gaussian curvature is proposed by reconstructing the center-of-mass point cloud model of the marked layer lunar soil particles in MATLAB. The proposed method can accurately describe the perturbation rate of lunar soil layer sequence information and can analyze the degree of lunar soil disturbance according to the displacement of the sampling tube and mechanical parameters in real-time inversion during the sampling process. When the sampling depth is 40 mm, the minimum and maximum perturbation rates of sampling along the penetration direction of the machine are 5.261 % and 27.649 %, respectively. The perturbation rate shows a trend of first decreasing and then increasing. The method proposed in this study could effectively solve the problem that the disturbance of lunar soil bedding information was difficult to evaluate in the sampling process of lunar regolith.     

Performance verification of Lunar Regolith Penetrating Array Radar of Chang’E-5 mission

Lunar Regolith Penetrating Array Radar (LRPR) is one main payload of the Lander for Chinese Chang’E-5 (CE-5) mission. It is used to support the drilling and sampling device and to detect lunar regolith thickness and structure of the landing site. LRPR will only work in situ under static status, so the antenna array is employed. Since the antenna array is about 90?cm high from the ground, the layout is irregular, and the metal structure of the lander seriously interferes with LRPR, these factors make it very difficult to reconstruct the image of the drilling area, so the performance verification must be carried out. We propose a set of methods to process LRPR’s data and reconstruct image. The verification experiments demonstrate that these methods are suitable for LRPR, the thickness and structure of the lunar regolith from zero to two meters can be clearly mapped, the vertical resolution is a few centimeters, and the electromagnetic properties of the subsurface can be estimated. Therefore, the performance of LRPR meets the requirements, and LRPR can successfully support drilling and sampling.