Low-altitude airbursts and the impact threat

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1441-1448

  Boslough, M B E ^a   Crawford, D A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Airburst; Asteroid; CTH; Hydrocode; Planetology

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; BALLISTICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIONS; GLASS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; MELTING POINT; MINERALS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROJECTILES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AIRBURST; ASTEROID IMPACTS; BLAST WAVES; CENTER OF MASSES; CTH; DAMAGE POTENTIALS; DOWNWARD FLOWS; EARTH'S SURFACES; ENTRY DYNAMICS MODELS; HEATED MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HOT JETS; HYDROCODE; HYPERVELOCITY; IMPACT PARAMETERS; IMPACT THREATS; INTERNAL ENERGIES; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; MAXIMUM ENERGIES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; PLANETOLOGY; POINT SOURCES; RADIAL EXPANSIONS; RADIAL VELOCITIES; RADIATION PULSES; SOUND SPEEDS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURFACE MATERIALS; TIME SCALES;

SURFACES;

EID: 56949093682     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.07.053     Document Type: Article

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