Impact craters in loose granular media

The craters formed by the impact of steel balls with a loose sand bed are experimentally studied. Both crater size and morphology depend strongly on the impact angle. Two scaling laws, corresponding to length and width, respectively, are proposed.

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Published in:The European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics Soft matter and biological physics, 2004-03, Vol.13 (3), p.321-324
Main Authors: ZHENG, X.-J, WANG, Z.-T, QIU, Z.-G
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Granular solids
Material form
Physics
Rheology
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Summary:The craters formed by the impact of steel balls with a loose sand bed are experimentally studied. Both crater size and morphology depend strongly on the impact angle. Two scaling laws, corresponding to length and width, respectively, are proposed.
ISSN:1292-8941
1292-895X
DOI:10.1140/epje/i2004-10002-8