A Pre-Landing Assessment of Regolith Properties at the InSight Landing Site

This article discusses relevant physical properties of the regolith at the Mars InSight landing site as understood prior to landing of the spacecraft. InSight will land in the northern lowland plains of Mars, close to the equator, where the regolith is estimated to be \(\geq3\mbox{--}5~\mbox{m}\) thick. These investigations of physical properties have relied on data collected from Mars orbital measurements, previously collected lander and rover data, results of studies of data and samples from Apollo lunar missions, laboratory measurements on regolith simulants, and theoretical studies. The investigations include changes in properties with depth and temperature. Mechanical properties investigated include density, grain-size distribution, cohesion, and angle of internal friction. Thermophysical properties include thermal inertia, surface emissivity and albedo, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, and specific heat. Regolith elastic properties not only include parameters that control seismic wave velocities in the immediate vicinity of the Insight lander but also coupling of the lander and other potential noise sources to the InSight broadband seismometer. The related properties include Poisson’s ratio, P- and S-wave velocities, Young’s modulus, and seismic attenuation. Finally, mass diffusivity was investigated to estimate gas movements in the regolith driven by atmospheric pressure changes. Physical properties presented here are all to some degree speculative. However, they form a basis for interpretation of the early data to be returned from the InSight mission.     

薄壁件铣削过程加工变形研究进展

机床加工性能和刀具切削性能的发展使得薄壁件的高效率和高精密加工成为可能，也使得薄壁件在航空航天领域得到更广泛应用。薄壁零件结构复杂、刚度低，在铣削过程中易发生变形，因此精准预测与控制薄壁件的加工变形是机加工领域亟需解决的工艺难题。通过对薄壁件分类以及加工工艺分析，归纳总结引起薄壁件加工变形的因素，对加工变形影响最为关键的铣削力计算模型进行简述；结合国内外薄壁件变形预测与控制方法的研究，以弹塑性和数值模拟方法对薄壁件加工变形进行预测，通过加工工艺优化、辅助支撑技术、高速切削技术和数控补偿技术等方法对薄壁件加工过程的变形量进行控制；基于数据驱动数字孪生体的更新迭代，实现薄壁件实际加工过程的孪生及薄壁件变形预测与控制，构建了以数字孪生为平台的薄壁件加工变形预测与控制理论框架；最后对数字孪生在薄壁件加工变形预测及控制的发展与应用提出展望。