Hypervelocity Impact
Friday, September 16, 2005 4:00 p.m. Dr. Stephan J. Bless Institute for Advanced Technology The University of Texas at Austin http://www.iat.utexas.edu Impact regimes are characterized by the ratio of inertial stresses to strength. “Hypervelocity” refers to impacts where the role of target strength is relatively small. Well known examples are planetary craters. Others are space…