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A new approach to the measurement and analysis of impact craters

Kay, L., Podoleanu, Adrian G.H., Seeger, Mauritius, Solomon, Christopher J. (1997) A new approach to the measurement and analysis of impact craters. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 19 (8). pp. 739-753. ISSN 0734-743X. (doi:10.1016/S0734-743X(96)00054-1) (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:18137)

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Abstract

We describe a low-coherence interferometric technique which we have used for 3-D mapping of impact craters produced in the laboratory. We also propose an approach to analyse the impact craters in terms of the Zernike polynomials. Preliminary results suggest that this set may provide a useful parametric representation, thereby enabling us to relate crater features to impact parameters. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0734-743X(96)00054-1
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Uncontrolled keywords: impact cratering, crater shape, surface fitting
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: M.A. Ziai
Date Deposited: 22 Apr 2009 15:43 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:56 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18137 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Podoleanu, Adrian G.H..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-9656
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Solomon, Christopher J..

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