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Collisional Processes of Iron and Steel Projectiles on Targets of Different Densities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
Cratering experiments for μm- and mm-sized iron- and steel-projectiles on various target materials show that crater depths and the ratios of crater diameter to crater depth D/T depend on the densities of the projectile- and target-material and on the ductility of the target material. Cratering experiments into low density material (Saffile ρ = 0.28 g/cm3) have produced elongated impact “craters”. For low target densities the “crater” depth is up to 100 times the projectile diameter, depending on its impact speed. This impact process leads to a complete accretion of the projectile mass within the target.
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- IV: The Interplanetary Dust Complex 2. Physical Properties
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 90: Solid Particles in the Solar System , 1980 , pp. 357 - 364
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- Copyright © Reidel 1980
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