Ground anchor drilling is a promising technology for investigating the mechanical properties and environmental variability of lunar regolith in low-gravity environments,with minimal demands for reactive cutting.This s...Ground anchor drilling is a promising technology for investigating the mechanical properties and environmental variability of lunar regolith in low-gravity environments,with minimal demands for reactive cutting.This study explores the interaction behavior during ground anchor drilling of lunar regolith by employing a coupled approach that integrates the Material Point Method(MPM)and the ContinuouseDiscontinuous Element Method(CDEM),considering the interactions among numerous particles and blocks.The numerical parameters are calibrated based on experimental penetration resistance data of lunar regolith simulant.The numerical approach effectively captures key mechanical properties of the simulant,such as particle flow and scattering patterns,anchor penetration effects,and disturbance-related ultimate bearing characteristics.Additionally,this study examines the influence of inter-particle friction and compactness on penetration resistance.By combining the Golden Section Search Method(GSSM)with ground anchor drilling simulations,an inverse analysis model for penetration resistance is developed,allowing for the determination of mechanical parameters of the lunar regolith simulant.The feasibility of this parameter inversion method is verified,providing valuable insights for engineering applications in lunar exploration and construction.展开更多
Continuum-based discrete element method(CDEM)is an explicit numerical method used for simulation of progressive failure of geological body.To improve the efficiency of contact detection and simplify the calculation st...Continuum-based discrete element method(CDEM)is an explicit numerical method used for simulation of progressive failure of geological body.To improve the efficiency of contact detection and simplify the calculation steps for contact forces,semi-spring and semi-edge are introduced in calculation.Semispring is derived from block vertex,and formed by indenting the block vertex into each face(24semisprings for a hexahedral element).The formation process of semi-edge is the same as that of semi-spring(24semi-edges for a hexahedral element).Based on the semi-springs and semi-edges,a new type of combined contact model is presented.According to this model,six contact types could be reduced to two,i.e.the semi-spring target face contact and semi-edge target edge contact.By the combined model,the contact force could be calculated directly(the information of contact type is not necessary),and the failure judgment could be executed in a straightforward way(each semi-spring and semi-edge own their characteristic areas).The algorithm has been successfully programmed in C++program.Some simple numerical cases are presented to show the validity and accuracy of this model.Finally,the failure mode,sliding distance and critical friction angle of Jiweishan landslide are studied with the combined model.展开更多
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52178324,12102059,and 12472207).
文摘Ground anchor drilling is a promising technology for investigating the mechanical properties and environmental variability of lunar regolith in low-gravity environments,with minimal demands for reactive cutting.This study explores the interaction behavior during ground anchor drilling of lunar regolith by employing a coupled approach that integrates the Material Point Method(MPM)and the ContinuouseDiscontinuous Element Method(CDEM),considering the interactions among numerous particles and blocks.The numerical parameters are calibrated based on experimental penetration resistance data of lunar regolith simulant.The numerical approach effectively captures key mechanical properties of the simulant,such as particle flow and scattering patterns,anchor penetration effects,and disturbance-related ultimate bearing characteristics.Additionally,this study examines the influence of inter-particle friction and compactness on penetration resistance.By combining the Golden Section Search Method(GSSM)with ground anchor drilling simulations,an inverse analysis model for penetration resistance is developed,allowing for the determination of mechanical parameters of the lunar regolith simulant.The feasibility of this parameter inversion method is verified,providing valuable insights for engineering applications in lunar exploration and construction.
基金the National Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2010CB731506)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2012BAK10B01)the Youth Science Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11302230)
文摘Continuum-based discrete element method(CDEM)is an explicit numerical method used for simulation of progressive failure of geological body.To improve the efficiency of contact detection and simplify the calculation steps for contact forces,semi-spring and semi-edge are introduced in calculation.Semispring is derived from block vertex,and formed by indenting the block vertex into each face(24semisprings for a hexahedral element).The formation process of semi-edge is the same as that of semi-spring(24semi-edges for a hexahedral element).Based on the semi-springs and semi-edges,a new type of combined contact model is presented.According to this model,six contact types could be reduced to two,i.e.the semi-spring target face contact and semi-edge target edge contact.By the combined model,the contact force could be calculated directly(the information of contact type is not necessary),and the failure judgment could be executed in a straightforward way(each semi-spring and semi-edge own their characteristic areas).The algorithm has been successfully programmed in C++program.Some simple numerical cases are presented to show the validity and accuracy of this model.Finally,the failure mode,sliding distance and critical friction angle of Jiweishan landslide are studied with the combined model.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12072347)the Excellent Training Plan of the Institute of Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,and CNPC New Energy Key Project(Grant No.2021DJ4902).