Research Article

A Penetrating-Anchoring Mathematical Model for the Soft Asteroid Anchoring System

Table 2

Comparison of anchoring model with experiments in soft clay and sand.

 mm
 mm
 mm
 mm
 mm
 mm
 mm
 mm

Soft clayMaximum anchoring force in the anchoring model348.8 N131.5 N176.1 N67.0 N
Maximum anchoring force in the tests355.0 N133.6 N195.4 N70.1 N
Fine sandMaximum anchoring force in the anchoring model84.8 N20.9 N61.0 N13.7 N
Maximum anchoring force in the tests77.0 N27.1 N59.3 N17.5 N