Projectile-shape dependence of impact craters in loose granular media

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2003-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0309161v1

Phys. Rev. E 68, 060301(R) (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

3 pages, 3 figures; experiment

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.68.060301

We report on the penetration of cylindrical projectiles dropped from rest into a dry, noncohesive granular medium. The cylinder length, diameter, density, and tip shape are all explicitly varied. For deep penetrations, as compared to the cylinder diameter, the data collapse onto a single scaling law that varies as the 1/3 power of the total drop distance, the 1/2 power of cylinder length, and the 1/6 power of cylinder diameter. For shallow penetrations, the projectile shape plays a crucial role with sharper objects penetrating deeper.

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