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Intelligent Manufacturing and Design for an Extreme Environment

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 8529

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Dr. Ling Chen

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: advanced cutting technology; design and application of major instruments and equipment; innovative design and intelligent manufacturing
Dr. Yanyan Li

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: mechanical manufacturing and automation; mechanical electronic engineering; intelligent diagnosis and control
Prof. Dr. Jinming Zhou

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Division of Production and Materials Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, LTH, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Interests: cutting tools; high performance machining; innovative design; wear of materials; monitoring; sustainable manufacturing
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Prof. Dr. Guoqing Zhang

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Lihu Campus, Xueyuan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China
Interests: ultra-precision machining process and technology; diamond tool; smart machining; machining equipment; advanced cutting technology; design of instruments and equipment for in extreme environments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Human exploration of the unknown has led us to constantly challenge deep earth, deep sea, and deep space. However, this challenge will inevitably encounter the difficulties of extreme environments such as extreme heat and cold, high pressure and vacuum, high rays, and low background radiation. The current extreme environment-oriented equipment is often used for oil drilling, mineral development, deep space, and deep sea exploration. Nevertheless, many of these industry-related types of equipment lack modern design methods and manufacturing concepts during development and manufacturing, resulting in equipment development inefficiencies and frequent safety accidents. Therefore, combined with the development of modern intelligent manufacturing, including the design, manufacturing, testing and site operation and maintenance of manufacturing environment, the use of computer-aided, data-driven, deep learning and other technologies can significantly improve the level and efficiency of equipment development for extreme environments, but also enhance our ability to explore the unknown and promote the discovery of scientific laws. This Special Issue aims to report new developments and applications of intelligent manufacturing for extreme environment equipment, including deep space exploration, deep sea resource development, deep earth science and engineering, mining engineering, and major instrumentation equipment, because of the intersection of related research and the complexity of system problems. We hope that the new findings of this Special Issue will improve the performance of such facilities in various aspects, such as engineering equipment design theory, sustainable manufacturing technology, data-driven intelligent manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. Original research and review articles on, but not limited to, the following topics are welcome:

  •  Research progress of equipment development in extreme environments;
  •  Innovative design theories and methods of products related to engineering equipment;
  •  Structural design and analysis of equipment in extreme environments;
  •  Design and manufacture of deep earth, deep sea, and deep space exploration, development, and simulation devices;
  •  Research and application of intelligent equipment based on deep learning;
  •  Research on intelligent control strategies and devices based on small sample data;
  •  The theory and methods of digital twin of equipment in extreme environments;
  •  Extreme-size manufacturing and related fundamental theoretical approaches;
  •  Sustainable manufacturing processing and additive manufacturing technology in extreme environments;
  •  Manufacturing processes and methods in extreme environments;
  •  Equipment operation monitoring and safety assessment in extreme environments;
  •  Test methods and operating maintenance of simulators for extreme environments.

Dr. Ling Chen
Dr. Yanyan Li
Prof. Dr. Jinming Zhou
Prof. Dr. Guoqing Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • extreme environments
  • intelligent manufacturing
  • equipment
  • sustainable manufacturing
  • artificial intelligence
  • innovative design

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Design of Man-Machine Synergic Lunar Coring Device and Its Coring Dynamic Analysis
by Xu Zhang, Guoqing Zhang, Mingzhong Gao, Yufeng Wen and Yaohui Wang
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 7961; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137961 - 07 Jul 2023
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The Moon is the closest extraterrestrial celestial body to the Earth. Sampling and analysis of lunar regolith or rocks can pave the way for the development and utilization of lunar resources. The acquisition of lunar regolith samples with original stratigraphic information by astronauts [...] Read more.
The Moon is the closest extraterrestrial celestial body to the Earth. Sampling and analysis of lunar regolith or rocks can pave the way for the development and utilization of lunar resources. The acquisition of lunar regolith samples with original stratigraphic information by astronauts on the lunar surface is one of the essential missions in the manned lunar landing project. Therefore, to maintain the original stratigraphic information of the lunar samples during the sampling process while further improving the coring rate and sampling depth, a handheld dual-mode lunar regolith coring device is proposed in this paper. The device innovatively combines impact penetration and rotary drilling sampling, which allows the selection of a suitable sampling method according to the environment. In addition, this study designs a synergic coring device that can be operated by the astronaut and carried on the lander or rover based on the handheld coring device, which can ensure safe and stable coring mission. The mechanical analysis is carried out for the key properties in the coring device, the corresponding mechanical model is established, the structural parameters are optimally designed, and the performance analysis is carried out accordingly. Finally, the impact and drilling process of the coring device is simulated in explicit dynamics, and the results show that the optimized impact module can effectively penetrate the lunar rocks. The research work will provide technical reference and theoretical support for the design of human–machine synergic coring devices in manned lunar exploration missions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Manufacturing and Design for an Extreme Environment)
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An Innovative System of Deep In Situ Environment Reconstruction and Core Transfer
by Xiaobo Peng, Xiongjun Li, Shigang Yang, Jinjie Wu, Mingwei Wu, Langhui Wan, Huaiyu Zhang and Heping Xie
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 6534; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116534 - 27 May 2023
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The reconstruction of deep in situ environment up to 95 °C and 70 MPa using water is critical for the fidelity testing of deep Earth rocks. The temperature and pressure of the water have strong coupling in such an environment, which makes the [...] Read more.
The reconstruction of deep in situ environment up to 95 °C and 70 MPa using water is critical for the fidelity testing of deep Earth rocks. The temperature and pressure of the water have strong coupling in such an environment, which makes the control of temperature and pressure very difficult. The paper firstly presents the design of the system of deep in situ environment reconstruction and core transfer (SERCT); secondly, for the problem of high temperature and pressure control, a pressure-temperature (P-T) interpolation control algorithm based on the iso–density P-T curves of water is proposed. A P-T coupling control path is decomposed into two independent interpolation paths: an iso–thermal pressure control and an iso–mass temperature control, which realizes the decoupling control of temperature and pressure. Then, a fuzzy-PID dual mode method is adopted for the pressure control after decoupling, which reduces the overshoot and the dynamic response time of the system. For temperature control, a segmented and grouped electric heating mode is designed to improve the uniformity of the temperature field. A fuzzy PID temperature control algorithm based on grey prediction is proposed to achieve high precision temperature control with small overshoot. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed methods is verified by experiments. Full article
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Structural Improvement of Differential Motion Assembly in In Situ Pressure-Preserved Coring System Using CFD Simulation
by Da Guo, Jianan Li, Dingming Wang, Yiwei Zhang, Xin Fang and Heping Xie
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(7), 4108; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074108 - 23 Mar 2023
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In situ pressure-preserved coring (IPP-Coring) is one of the most efficient methods for identifying the scale of the oil and gas content. However, the differential motion assembly of the IPP-Coring system often undergoes ball and ball seat seal failure and sticking due to [...] Read more.
In situ pressure-preserved coring (IPP-Coring) is one of the most efficient methods for identifying the scale of the oil and gas content. However, the differential motion assembly of the IPP-Coring system often undergoes ball and ball seat seal failure and sticking due to surface erosion, and a greater pressure drop may unexpectedly trigger the assembly. This paper addresses these issues by improving the hydraulic structure of an assembly based on a deep understanding of the flow characteristics in the assembly, thus increasing the success rate of the IPP-Coring. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed to investigate flows in a differential motion assembly. The effects of the diameter and outlet structure of the ball seat on the fluid status, velocity, and pressure distribution were thoroughly analyzed. When the ball seat diameter increased from 30 to 40 mm, the maximum velocity and pressure drop decreased to 0.55 and 0.2 times their original values, respectively. There was a severe vortex area in the differential motion assembly due to the presence of the ball seat, but changing the outlet structure in the ball seat to an arc structure decreased the length of the vortex area and the fluid velocity near the wall to 0.7 and 0.4 times, respectively, compared with those with the original right-angled structure. In addition, the pressure drop decreased to 0.33 times the original value. Thus, the hydraulic structure of the assembly was improved, and a 40 mm diameter ball seat and an arc-shaped ball seat outlet were selected. Particle trajectory and erosion calculation results showed that the improved structure has a lower particle velocity and less impact on the wall, and the average erosion rate is only 0.42 times the value of the original structure. Due to the better erosion resistance and smaller pressure drop, the improved structure shows promise for field performance. Full article
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Development of an In-Situ Simulation Device for Testing Deep Pressure-Preserving Coring Tools under High-Temperature and Ultrahigh-Pressure Conditions
by Wei Huang, Heping Xie, Jianan Li, Yang Yang, Cong Li, Zhiqiang He, Yihang Li and Zetian Zhang
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3889; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063889 - 18 Mar 2023
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With the increasing mining depth of deep mineral resources, the underground temperature and pressure also increase, which requires more advanced mining equipment. Therefore, to adapt to the special application scenario of the research and development of pressure-preserving coring tools under the extreme environmental [...] Read more.
With the increasing mining depth of deep mineral resources, the underground temperature and pressure also increase, which requires more advanced mining equipment. Therefore, to adapt to the special application scenario of the research and development of pressure-preserving coring tools under the extreme environmental conditions of deep strata, in this study, an in-situ simulation device under high-temperature and ultrahigh-pressure conditions is developed. The principles and methods of applying temperature and pressure to the device are expounded. Furthermore, the two main modules of the device are analyzed and studied experimentally. On the one hand, a segmented simulated coring test cabin is constructed, and pressure testing of the test cabin is carried out. The results show that the test cabin with inner diameters of 150 mm and 500 mm runs stably under the working condition of a pressure up to 190 MPa (considering the influence of temperature of 150 °C), and the cabin remains in the stage of elastic deformation. There is no leakage of pressure or fluid in the whole test process. On the other hand, the performance of the driving module is tested. The results show that the driving module can provide a stable rotation speed of up to 150 r/min when the sealing pressure is 140 MPa. Therefore, the device can be applied to carry out simulated coring test and is suitable for the research and development of pressure-preserving coring tools in deep extreme environments, which may promote the development of deep mining engineering. Full article
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Design and Dynamic Analysis of the Wire-Line Coring Robot for Deep Lunar Rocks
by Yufeng Wen, Guoqing Zhang, Heping Xie, Mingzhong Gao, Xu Zhang, Yaohui Wang and Cunbao Li
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1722; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031722 - 29 Jan 2023
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Deep lunar rocks carry geological information about the primitive Moon and are of great scientific value. In this paper, a coring robot for deep lunar rocks was proposed for the lunar environment based on the wire-line sampling device. This robot consists of the [...] Read more.
Deep lunar rocks carry geological information about the primitive Moon and are of great scientific value. In this paper, a coring robot for deep lunar rocks was proposed for the lunar environment based on the wire-line sampling device. This robot consists of the coring executor on the ground to assist in coring tube replacement and sample storage and the wireline self-excavating coring (WSC) robot for active drilling underground, which can provide autonomous deep coring on the moon. Subsequently, based on Prandtl’s failure mechanism and the prediction equations of the mechanical properties of the lunar soil, the mathematical relationship between the ultimate support force and the depth of the support point of the WSC robot was constructed. Additionally, the drilling scheme of the WSC robot at different depths was also determined. The constraint model of the impact module was established, and the structural parameters were optimized through non-linear programming to achieve the maximum impact energy. Simulations of the impact process were then carried out in explicit dynamics. The simulation results show that the optimized impact module can effectively drill through the lunar rocks. This result validates, to some extent, the drilling capability of the WSC robot in lunar rocks. The research work can provide technical reference and theoretical support for deep coring lunar rocks. Full article
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Innovative Design of a Conductive Center Pole for an Active Thermal Insulation and Coring System in Deep Rock
by Bo Yu, Zhiqiang He, Jianping Yang, Zijie Wei, Cong Li and Heping Xie
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1242; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031242 - 17 Jan 2023
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Intelligent drilling technologies, such as downhole signal and power transmission, can be used to measure key downhole data and obtain thermal insulation cores. This technology is of great significance for the accurate assessment of deep oil and gas resources, the reconstruction of oil [...] Read more.
Intelligent drilling technologies, such as downhole signal and power transmission, can be used to measure key downhole data and obtain thermal insulation cores. This technology is of great significance for the accurate assessment of deep oil and gas resources, the reconstruction of oil and gas resource extraction systems, and the realization of efficient, intelligent and safe resource extraction. In order to meet the needs of underground communication and power supply for active thermal insulation coring, a new type of conductive center pole was innovatively designed. Using the theory of innovation problem solving (TRIZ) and axiomatic design (AD) to analyze the functional requirements of the conductive central pole, establish and solve the original design matrix. Based on the axiomatic design theory, the non-coupling matrix is decoupled by using the TRIZ solving tool, and the key indicators of the design scheme that meet the independent axiom are evaluated. In view of the contradictions and conflicts, the TRIZ solution tool was continually used to solve, optimize and obtain a design scheme with a higher comprehensive evaluation. Thus, the self-adaptive non-winding connection and power conduction of the conductive center pole was realized. Finally, the strength of the newly designed center pole was checked, and a physical prototype was made. Pre-research experiments on its conductivity and electrothermal conversion efficiency were carried out under different simulation environments to verify its conductivity. It provides innovative solutions to related problems in the field of deep insulation coring and intelligent drilling and provides effective technical means for related needs. Full article
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