Fluid impact craters and hypervelocity - high velocity impact experiments in metals and rocks
Open-File Report
63-100
By: H. J. Moore, R.W. MacCormick, and D. E. Gault
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Abstract
The impact phenomena of hypervelocity and high-velocity projectiles with rock and metal targets are being studied in a cooperative research program conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ames Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This paper deals with the comparison of: (1) fluid-impact craters produced by water drops impacting water, (2) hypervelocity and high-velocity impact craters produced by impact of steel, aluminum, and polyethylene projectiles with basalt, and (3) hypervelocity and high-velocity impact craters in metals.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Fluid impact craters and hypervelocity - high velocity impact experiments in metals and rocks |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 63-100 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr63100 |
| Year Published | 1963 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | iii, 29 p. |