Simulations and Tests of a KRET Aerospace Penetrator

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 12; p. 3291
• Main Authors: Bieńkowski, Krzysztof, Kolimas, Łukasz, Łapczyński, Sebastian, Drogosz, Michał, Szulborski, Michał, Wiśniewski, Łukasz, Kędziora, Bartosz, Kozarek, Łukasz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Actuators; aerospace penetrator; Boundary conditions; Computer simulation; Construction; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic properties; Energy; FEM; Finite element analysis; KRET; Mathematical models; Methods; mole penetrator; Moon; Numerical analysis; Numerical models; reluctance actuator; Simulation
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en13123291

This manuscript presents the simulation tests of an aerospace penetrator conducted to check the device’s validity and functionality. For this work, the numerical model was created on the basis of engineering data, the laboratory model of the tube reluctance actuator was created on the basis of the numerical model, and a set of simulations were executed on the basis of both presented. Moreover, the mathematical model was supplemented by precise boundary conditions. The main goal was the analysis of the introduced device’s properties by comparing them to experimental values. Three different variants were taken into account to check the construction functionality and to study the most important parameters, e.g., the hammer displacement, hammer velocity, eddy currents and overall electromagnetic properties of the penetrator’s hammer displacement. The high-end values of the applied components were derived on the basis of the results and are presented in the summary of the concluded work. An overall method for checking the validity of the penetrator was proposed, which is cost and time effective. The model used was not limited in the representation of physical phenomena.