Numerical modeling of oblique hypervelocity impacts on strong ductile targets

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1510-1524

  Davison, Thomas M ^a   Collins, Gareth S ^a   Elbeshausen, Dirk ^b   Wünnemann, Kai ^b   Kearsley, Anton ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053896142     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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