USDC based rapid penetrator of packed soil

X. Bao; Y. Bar-Cohen; Z. Chang; S. Sherrit; M. Badescu; S. Du; T. Song; T. Peterson

doi:10.1117/12.658630

30 March 2006 USDC based rapid penetrator of packed soil

X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, Z. Chang, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, S. Du, T. Song, T. Peterson

Proceedings Volume 6171, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; 617108 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658630
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Environment protection requires more testing and analysis tools. To detect buried chemical containers or other objects embedded in soil and avoid possible damage to them, a penetrator was developed for packed soil that requires low penetration force (the force needed to push rod probe into the soil). The design was based on the novel mechanism used by the ultrasonic/sonic driller/corer (USDC) that was developed jointly by scientists at the NDEAA lab at JPL and engineers at Cybersonics, Inc. [Bar-Cohen et al 2001, Bao et al 2003]. In the penetrator, a small free-flying mass is energized by a piezoelectric transducer and impacts a rod probe on its shoulder at frequencies of several hundred Hetz. The impacts help the probe to penetrate the packed soil with low pushing force. A large reduction of the penetration force was achieved. Preliminary tests show that the effects of the penetrator on plastic containers and other objectors are minimal. The details of the design of the prototype penetrator and the results of performance tests are presented.

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X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, Z. Chang, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, S. Du, T. Song, and T. Peterson "USDC based rapid penetrator of packed soil", Proc. SPIE 6171, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, 617108 (30 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658630

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