TY - GEN
T1 - Comparative Analysis of Horizontal Self-Burrowing Strategies Using Full-Scale DEM-MBD Co-Simulations
AU - Zhong, Yi
AU - Tao, Julian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In a companion paper, we demonstrated the capability of a coupled discrete element method (DEM)-multi-body dynamics (MBD) framework in simulating self-burrowing behavior in granular media. In this paper, the same framework was calibrated by running direct shear tests and then used to systematically compare various horizontal self-burrowing strategies. The robot of interest has a minimalistic, modular design and mainly consists of a pair of cylinders with or without a cone or auger tip. The robot could achieve extension-contraction movement, and tips have options to rotate. A series of burrowing strategies were simulated: cyclic extension-contraction of the cylinders without a tip, with a static or rotating cone tip, or with a static or rotating auger tip. The rotation of the tip was only activated when the cylinders extended. It was found that without a tip, the kinematics is symmetric in time, and the robot does not have net translation with time. With a tip, the robots all burrowed horizontally due to the fact that the combinations of asynchronous extension-contraction and rotational motions break the kinematic symmetry. The burrowing speed is highest for the case with a rotating auger tip and is lowest for the case with a static cone tip. A net upward force (lift) was also found during the horizontal movement of the robot, which caused the robot to deviate from the planned trajectory and tend to move upward.
AB - In a companion paper, we demonstrated the capability of a coupled discrete element method (DEM)-multi-body dynamics (MBD) framework in simulating self-burrowing behavior in granular media. In this paper, the same framework was calibrated by running direct shear tests and then used to systematically compare various horizontal self-burrowing strategies. The robot of interest has a minimalistic, modular design and mainly consists of a pair of cylinders with or without a cone or auger tip. The robot could achieve extension-contraction movement, and tips have options to rotate. A series of burrowing strategies were simulated: cyclic extension-contraction of the cylinders without a tip, with a static or rotating cone tip, or with a static or rotating auger tip. The rotation of the tip was only activated when the cylinders extended. It was found that without a tip, the kinematics is symmetric in time, and the robot does not have net translation with time. With a tip, the robots all burrowed horizontally due to the fact that the combinations of asynchronous extension-contraction and rotational motions break the kinematic symmetry. The burrowing speed is highest for the case with a rotating auger tip and is lowest for the case with a static cone tip. A net upward force (lift) was also found during the horizontal movement of the robot, which caused the robot to deviate from the planned trajectory and tend to move upward.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784484692.011
DO - 10.1061/9780784484692.011
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85151649420
T3 - Geotechnical Special Publication
SP - 106
EP - 114
BT - Geotechnical Special Publication
A2 - Rathje, Ellen
A2 - Montoya, Brina M.
A2 - Wayne, Mark H.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2023 Geo-Congress: Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions from the Ground Up - Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation
Y2 - 26 March 2023 through 29 March 2023
ER -