The Impact of Large Meteorites

Abstract

The impact of large meteorites on the moon or earth is discussed, on the basis of a one-dimensional idealization of the flow problem in which a plane shock wave in both meteorite and impact surface is considered. Conditions are discussed under which such a model can yield physically valid estimates of pressure and temperature generated on explosive impact of meteorites. Computations are carried out for an equation of state and internal energy from the statistical Thomas-Fermi atom model; departures from complete degeneracy are taken into account by means of results of a first-order perturbation with respect to temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1956
Accession Number
AD0605020

Entities

People

  • J. E. Hill
  • J. J. Gilvarry

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Computations
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Meteorites
  • Microfiche
  • Microform
  • Microminiaturization
  • Miniaturization
  • Optical Equipment
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Perturbations
  • Photographic Film
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photography
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.