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Transportation of granular materials with ultrasonic augers

Transportation of granular materials with ultrasonic augers
Transportation of granular materials with ultrasonic augers
Drilling extra-terrestrial planets can be difficult, which is restrained by the payloads, power, and requirements of low axial force of rover posed by low environmental gravity, and drill bits can be trapped at a large depth, due to the accumulated spoils resulted from the low efficiency removal rate. This can cause motor to stall and draw excessive power. This work explores the opportunity of superposition of ultrasonic vibration on a vertical rotating auger in a variety of granular media. Ultrasonic vibration is known to facilitate direct penetration of granular materials, and it is anticipated that any related reduction in the contact friction force might improve augering performance. Experimental results suggest that, compared to the non-ultrasonic scenario, ultrasonically assisted augering process has significantly promoted the flow of granular media and has moderately reduced the torque required to operate the device. Furthermore, it was discovered that particle size and auger speed also affect the performance of the auger system in different ways as the ultrasonic amplitude is adjusted.
IEEE
Li, Xuan
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Huang, Tianlu
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Feeney, Andrew
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Worrall, Kevin
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Harkness, Patrick
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Li, Xuan
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Li, Xiaoniu
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Huang, Tianlu
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Feeney, Andrew
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Worrall, Kevin
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Harkness, Patrick
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Li, Xuan, Huang, Tianlu, Feeney, Andrew, Worrall, Kevin and Harkness, Patrick (2022) Transportation of granular materials with ultrasonic augers. In 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). IEEE.. (doi:10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958454).

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Abstract

Drilling extra-terrestrial planets can be difficult, which is restrained by the payloads, power, and requirements of low axial force of rover posed by low environmental gravity, and drill bits can be trapped at a large depth, due to the accumulated spoils resulted from the low efficiency removal rate. This can cause motor to stall and draw excessive power. This work explores the opportunity of superposition of ultrasonic vibration on a vertical rotating auger in a variety of granular media. Ultrasonic vibration is known to facilitate direct penetration of granular materials, and it is anticipated that any related reduction in the contact friction force might improve augering performance. Experimental results suggest that, compared to the non-ultrasonic scenario, ultrasonically assisted augering process has significantly promoted the flow of granular media and has moderately reduced the torque required to operate the device. Furthermore, it was discovered that particle size and auger speed also affect the performance of the auger system in different ways as the ultrasonic amplitude is adjusted.

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Published date: October 2022
Venue - Dates: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), , Venice, Italy, 2022-10-10 - 2022-10-13

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Local EPrints ID: 497990
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/497990
PURE UUID: 5170b86e-fb72-4575-b8fe-c2b150e362cb
ORCID for Xuan Li: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-8631

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Date deposited: 05 Feb 2025 18:17
Last modified: 06 Feb 2025 03:15

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Author: Xuan Li ORCID iD
Illustrator: Xiaoniu Li
Author: Tianlu Huang
Author: Andrew Feeney
Author: Kevin Worrall
Author: Patrick Harkness

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