Early-stage ejecta velocity distribution for vertical hypervelocity impacts into sand

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 866-870

  Hermalyn, Brendan ^a   Schultz, Peter H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Cratering; Geological processes; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956296546     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Anderson J.L.B., Schultz P.H. Flow-field center migration during vertical and oblique impacts. Int. J. Impact Eng. 2006, 33:35-44.
2. Anderson J.L.B., Schultz P.H., Heineck J.T. Asymmetry of ejecta flow during oblique impacts using three-dimensional particle image velocimetry. J. Geophys. Res. (Planets) 2003, 108:5094.
3. Bjork, R.L., Olshaker, A.E., 1965. A Proposed Scaling Law for Hypervelocity Impacts between a Projectile and a Target of Dissimilar Material. Memorandum RM-2926-PR, United States Air Force Project Rand.
4. Brown, J.L., Vogler, T.J., Chhabildas, L.C., Reinhart, W.D., Thornhill, T.F., 2007. Shock Response of Dry Sand. Tech. Rep. SAND2007-3524, Sandia National Laboratories.
5. Chabai, A., 1959. Crater Scaling Laws for Desert Alluvium. Tech. Rep., Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
6. Cintala M.J., Berthoud L., Hörz F. Ejection-velocity distributions from impacts into coarse-grained sand. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1999, 34(July):605-623.
7. Dahl J.M., Schultz P.H. Measurement of stress wave asymmetries in hypervelocity projectile impact experiments. Int. J. Impact Eng. 2001, 26:145-155.
8. Dienes J.K., Walsh J.M. Theory of impact: Some general principles and the method of Eulerian codes. High-Velocity Impact Phenomena 1970, 45-104. Academic Press, (Chapter 3).
9. Holsapple K.A. The scaling of impact processes in planetary sciences. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 1993, 21:333-373.
10. Holsapple K.A., Schmidt R.M. Point source solutions and coupling parameters in cratering mechanics. J. Geophys. Res. 1987, 92:6350-6376.
11. Housen K.R., Schmidt R.M., Holsapple K.A. Crater ejecta scaling laws-fundamental forms based on dimensional analysis. J. Geophys. Res. 1983, 88(March):2485-2499.
12. Maxwell D. Simple z model of cratering, ejection and the overturned flap. Impact and Explosion Cratering 1977, 907-917. Pergamon, NY. D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, R.B. Merrill (Eds.).
13. McGetchin T.R., Settle M., Head J.W. Radial thickness variation in impact crater ejecta: Implications for lunar basin deposits. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1973, 20:226-236.
14. Oberbeck, V.R., Morrison, R.H., 1976. Candidate areas for in situ ancient lunar materials. In: Merrill, R.B. (Ed.), Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings, vol. 7. pp. 2983-3005.
15. Orphal D.L. Calculations of explosion cratering-II cratering mechanics and phenomenology. Impact and Explosion Cratering 1977, 907-917. Pergamon, NY. D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, R.B. Merrill (Eds.).
16. Piekutowski, A.J., 1980. Formation of bowl-shaped craters. Lunar Planet. Inst. Sci. 11, 877-878 (abstract).
17. Piekutowski, A.J., Andrews, R.J., Swift, H.F., 1977. Studying small-scale explosive cratering phenomnea photographically. In: Richardson, M.C. (Ed.), Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, vol. 97. pp. 177-183.
18. Pierazzo, E., and 13 colleagues, 2008. Validation of numerical codes for impact and explosion cratering: Impacts on strengthless and metal targets. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 43(12), 1917-1938.
19. Post, R., 1974. Ejecta Distributions from Near-surface Nuclear and HE Burst. Tech. Rep. AFWL-TR-74-51, Air Force Weapons Lab, Kirtland Air Force Base.
20. Schultz P.H. Cratering on Mercury - A relook. Mercury 1988, 274-335. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. F. Vilas, C.R. Chapman, M.S. Matthews (Eds.).
21. Schultz P.H. Atmospheric effects on ejecta emplacement and crater formation on Venus from Magellan. J. Geophys. Res. 1992, 97:11623.
22. Schultz P.H., Gault D.E. Atmospheric effects on martian ejecta emplacement. J. Geophys. Res. 1979, 84:7669-7687.
23. Schultz, P.H., Gault, D.E., 1990. Prolonged global catastrophes from oblique impacts. In: Sharpton, V.L., Ward, P.D. (Eds.), Earth History: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality, Geological Society of America Special Paper, vol. 247. pp. 239-261.
24. Wada K., Senshu H., Matsui T. Numerical simulation of impact cratering on granular material. Icarus 2006, 180(2):528-545.