Craters formed in granular beds by impinging jets of gas

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2009, Pages 767-770

  Metzger, Philip T ^a   Latta III, Robert C ^b   Schuler, Jason M ^a   Immer, Christopher D ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b The Department of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Crater; Erosion; Gravity; Jet; Martian soil; Rocket exhaust; Scour hole

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450159957     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3180041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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