Two- and three-dimensional asteroid ocean impact simulations

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1-10, 2003, Pages 283-291

  Gisler, Galen ^a   Weaver, Robert ^a   Gittings, Michael ^b   Mader, Charles ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid induced tsunamis; Impact simulations; Marine impacts; Planetary impacts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROJECTILES; TSUNAMIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORIZATION; WATER WAVES;

ASTEROID-INDUCED TSUNAMIS; IMPACT SIMULATIONS; MARINE IMPACTS; PLANETARY IMPACTS;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 2342614822     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2003.09.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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