Low-speed impacts between rubble piles modeled as collections of polyhedra

Physics & Astronomy

• polyhedrons 100%
• piles 90%
• low speed 82%
• collisions 53%
• high speed 33%
• escape 12%
• friction 10%
• coefficients 10%
• impactors 8%
• protoplanets 8%
• inelastic collisions 7%
• asteroids 7%
• rigid structures 7%
• encounters 6%
• mass spectra 6%
• coalescing 6%
• planets 5%
• fragmentation 5%
• degrees of freedom 5%
• trajectories 4%
• shock 4%
• interactions 2%
• energy 1%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• pile 71%
• collision 69%
• speed 53%
• accretion 16%
• friction 9%
• planetesimal 8%
• catastrophic event 7%
• impactor 6%
• asteroid 6%
• coalescence 6%
• freedom 6%
• power law 5%
• planet 5%
• fragmentation 5%
• modeling 4%
• trajectory 4%
• calculation 3%
• energy 2%
• parameter 2%
• effect 1%
• method 1%