Overview
- Unique treatise on statics and dynamics of deformable solid bodes
- In depth investigation of phenomena
- Flexible approach provides valuable insights
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics (AGEM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Toolbox
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Equilibrium
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Stability
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Dynamics
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Planets
Book Subtitle: The Dynamics of Deformable Bodies Applied to Granular Objects in the Solar System
Authors: Ishan Sharma
Series Title: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40490-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40489-9Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82116-0Published: 04 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40490-5Published: 01 November 2016
Series ISSN: 1866-8348
Series E-ISSN: 1866-8356
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 354
Number of Illustrations: 91 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Planetology, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Astroparticles