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Laboratory Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact Cratering in Ice

Burchell, Mark J., Grey, Ivan D.S., Shrine, Nick R.G. (2001) Laboratory Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact Cratering in Ice. Advances in Space Research, 28 (10). pp. 1521-1526. ISSN 0273-1177. (doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00364-7) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:5029)

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Abstract

Hypervelocity impact experiments on water ice targets have been performed using a two stage light gas gun. The resulting craters were measured to obtain the crater depth and diameter. From the data set for 23 impact craters, damage equations have been obtained which give the crater depth (diameter) in terms of the dependence on impact velocity, projectile diameter and projectile density. The resulting damage equations are compared to those for another brittle material, glass. Scaling of the excavated crater volume with energy is shown to obey a simple power law over 10 orders of magnitude in energy (10(-7) to 10(3) J).

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00364-7
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Mark Burchell
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2008 17:45 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:43 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/5029 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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