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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149490203321

Autore

Sharma Ishan

Titolo

Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Planets : The Dynamics of Deformable Bodies Applied to Granular Objects in the Solar System / / by Ishan Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9783319404905

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 354 p. 116 illus., 25 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics, , 1866-8348

Disciplina

523.2

Soggetti

Planetology

Geophysics

Space sciences

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Cosmology

Astrophysics

Geophysics and Environmental Physics

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.