Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.1185a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. E1, p. 1185-1203.
Physics
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Planets, Impact Effects, Experiments, Limestone, Laboratory Studies, Velocity, Stress, Spalling, Fracturing, Gabbro, Cratering, Cracks, Dynamics, Shock Effects, Procedure, Physical Properties, Parameters, P Waves, S Waves, Saturation, Water, Impact Craters, Crystalline, Density, Porosity
Scientific paper
Planar impact experiments were employed to induce dynamic tensile failure in Bedford limestone. Rock disks were impacted with aluminum and polymethyl methacralate flyer plates at velocities of 10 to 25 m/s. This resulted in tensile stresses in the range of 11 to 160 MPa. Tensile stress durations of 0.5 and 1.3 microsec induced microcrack growth which in many experiments were insufficient to cause complete spalling of the samples. Velocity reduction, and by inference microcrack production, occurred in samples subjected to stresses above 35 MPa in the 1.3-microsec PMMA experiments and 60 MPa in the 0.5-microsec aluminum experiments. Apparent fracture toughnesses of 2.4 and 2.5 MPa m exp 1/2 are computed for the 1.3- and 0.5-microsec experiments. Three-dimensional impact experiments were conducted on 20 cm-sized blocks of Bedford limestone and San Marcos gabbro. Compressional wave velocity deficits up to 50-60 percent were observed in the vicinity of the crater. The damage decreases as about r exp -1.5 from the crater, indicating a dependence on the magnitude and duration of the tensile pulse.
Ahrens Thomas J.
Rubin Mark A.
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