A method and device for boring a hole [5] through a material along a desired path includes an umbilical subsystem [2000] connected to a boring subsystem [3000] having a plurality of pulsejets [3100]. These pulsejets [3100] repeatedly receive and ignite a combustible fluid [7] in a combustion chamber [3230] causing a portion of the fluid [7] to be forced out of a nozzle [3260] at high speeds as a fluid slug [10] that impacts materials ahead of the pulsejet [3100]. A controller [3310] controls the amount of fluid provided to each pulsejet [3100], and the firing timing, thereby controlling the intensity in which each slug [10] impacts the material. By modulating the intensity and firing sequence of each of the pulsejets [3100], material ahead of the boring subsystem [3000] is differentially bored thereby allowing steering of the boring subsystem [3000].
申请公布号
WO2006105013(A3)
申请公布日期
2006.11.30
申请号
WO2006US11092
申请日期
2006.03.23
申请人
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON;BERGER, WOJCIECH, ANDREW;SPALLETTA, ROBERT, A.;CARTER, JERRY, A.;PELL, RICHARD, M.;MAZURKIEWICZ, MARIAN
发明人
BERGER, WOJCIECH, ANDREW;SPALLETTA, ROBERT, A.;CARTER, JERRY, A.;PELL, RICHARD, M.;MAZURKIEWICZ, MARIAN