Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration

The landing mechanism is easy to flow away from the surface of the asteroid, as there is nearly no gravity on the asteroid. One of the most problems for the asteroid landing exploration is to anchor the landing mechanism on the asteroid surface. In the paper, an anchoring system employed on the soft...

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Main Authors: Zhijun Zhao, Shuang Wang, Delun Li, Hongtao Wang, Yongbing Wang, Jingdong Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1257038
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spelling doaj-345b8e588c984779955eaece65cbf9662020-11-24T21:58:42ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742019-01-01201910.1155/2019/12570381257038Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing ExplorationZhijun Zhao0Shuang Wang1Delun Li2Hongtao Wang3Yongbing Wang4Jingdong Zhao5Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Space Robotic Systems Technology and Applications, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100092, ChinaResearch Center of Satellite Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Space Robotic Systems Technology and Applications, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100092, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Space Robotic Systems Technology and Applications, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100092, ChinaBeijing Institute of Mechanics and Electricity, Beijing 100092, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, ChinaThe landing mechanism is easy to flow away from the surface of the asteroid, as there is nearly no gravity on the asteroid. One of the most problems for the asteroid landing exploration is to anchor the landing mechanism on the asteroid surface. In the paper, an anchoring system employed on the soft asteroid anchoring is designed. It is mainly composed of penetrating unit, advancing unit, winding unit, damping unit, and so on. On the basis of the mechanical design, the resistance characteristic of the anchor body in penetrating process is analyzed, and the shape of the anchor tip is designed with the least resistance as the constraint. Then, the validity of the anchor tip design is tested by comparing penetrating ability of different anchor tips. Finally, the penetrating and the anchoring performances of the anchoring system are tested in a variety of media.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1257038
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author Zhijun Zhao
Shuang Wang
Delun Li
Hongtao Wang
Yongbing Wang
Jingdong Zhao
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Shuang Wang
Delun Li
Hongtao Wang
Yongbing Wang
Jingdong Zhao
Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
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Shuang Wang
Delun Li
Hongtao Wang
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title Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
title_short Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
title_full Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
title_fullStr Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
title_full_unstemmed Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration
title_sort development of an anchoring system for the soft asteroid landing exploration
publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
issn 1687-5966
1687-5974
publishDate 2019-01-01
description The landing mechanism is easy to flow away from the surface of the asteroid, as there is nearly no gravity on the asteroid. One of the most problems for the asteroid landing exploration is to anchor the landing mechanism on the asteroid surface. In the paper, an anchoring system employed on the soft asteroid anchoring is designed. It is mainly composed of penetrating unit, advancing unit, winding unit, damping unit, and so on. On the basis of the mechanical design, the resistance characteristic of the anchor body in penetrating process is analyzed, and the shape of the anchor tip is designed with the least resistance as the constraint. Then, the validity of the anchor tip design is tested by comparing penetrating ability of different anchor tips. Finally, the penetrating and the anchoring performances of the anchoring system are tested in a variety of media.
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