Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Planets

The Dynamics of Deformable Bodies Applied to Granular Objects in the Solar System

Ishan Sharma (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XX, 354 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-40489-9 (ISBN)

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This book develops a general approach that can be systematically refined to investigate the statics and dynamics of deformable solid bodies. These methods are then employed to small bodies in the Solar System. With several space missions underway and more being planned, interest in our immediate neighbourhood is growing. In this spirit, this book investigates various phenomena encountered in planetary science, including disruptions during planetary fly-bys, equilibrium shapes and stability of small rubble bodies, and spin-driven shape changes.

The flexible procedure proposed here will help readers gain valuable insights into the mechanics of solar system bodies, while at the same time complementing numerical investigations. The technique itself is built upon the virial method successfully employed by Chandrasekhar (1969) to study the equilibrium shapes of spinning fluid objects. However, here Chandrasekhar's approach is modified in order to study more complex dynamical situations and include objects of different rheologies, e.g., granular aggregates, or "rubble piles". The book is largely self-contained, though some basic familiarity with continuum mechanics will be beneficial.

Preface.- Mathematical preliminaries.- Continuum mechanics.- Affine dynamics.- Asteroids.- Satellites.- Binaries.- Granular materials.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2016
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
Zusatzinfo	XX, 354 p. 116 illus., 25 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Schlagworte	Astronomy, Observations and Techniques • Astrophysics and Astroparticles • Cosmology • Deformable Bodies • Dynamics • Earth and Environmental Science • Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences • Geophysics and Environmental Physics • Granular Aggregates • Planetary Science • planetology • small bodies
ISBN-10	3-319-40489-X / 331940489X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-40489-9 / 9783319404899
Zustand	Neuware