INTERACTION OF A HELICAL BLADE OF A DRILLING TOOL WITH FROZEN GROUND

Introduction. Drilling of frozen and permafrost soils is one of the most complicated and energy-intensive processes of earthworks. The current drilling tools are not efficient enough to use since they implement energy-intensive drilling processes and are not always suitable for various types of soil. The use of helical working elements that implement the process of soil destruction with less energy-intensive types of deformations is advanced. The purpose of the research is to study the interaction of a helical blade of a drilling tool with frozen soil.

Materials and methods. The article covers a method for conducting experimental studies of the interaction of a helical blade of a drilling tool with frozen ground and the tested models of the drilling tool. The influence of geometric parameters of a helical drill on a borehole formation process is studied.

Results. The experimental research proved the hypothesis about the possibility of implementing a drilling process with tearing strain and obtaining a borehole diameter larger than a diameter of a destructive section of a helical blade. The dependence of the destroyed soil volume and the relation of an obtained borehole diameter to a diameter of a destroying section of a helical blade according to the angle of bend of a helical blade radius at which its increment occurs is determined.

Discussions and conclusion. It is established that a helical drilling tool performs a borehole drilling due to the tearing strain implementation, which makes it possible to achieve more efficient drilling and obtain a borehole diameter larger than a diameter of the destroying section of a helical blade.

Financial transparency: the authors have no financial interest in the presented materials or methods. There is no conflict of interest.

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