Fast boulder fracturing by thermal fatigue detected on stony asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
A. Lucchetti, S. Cambioni, R. Nakano, O. S. Barnouin, M. Pajola, L. Penasa, F. Tusberti, K. T. Ramesh, E. Dotto, C. M. Ernst, R. T. Daly, E. Mazzotta Epifani, M. Hirabayashi, L. Parro, G. Poggiali,…
On the Response of Chondrites to Diurnal Temperature Change—Experimental Simulation of Asteroidal Surface ConditionsOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch, Jamie L. Molaro JGR Planets30 December 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Thermal fatigue is a process that degrades rocks and pebbles exposed to space by diurnal cycling. We simulate the…
Experimentally induced thermal fatigue on lunar and eucrite meteorites – influence of the mineralogy on rock breakdownOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch JGR Planets5 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points We report on an updated experimental setup to simulate thermal fatigue in high vacuum instead of nitrogen atmosphere to reflect…
Thermophysical Investigation of Asteroid Surfaces. II. Factors Influencing Grain SizeOPEN ACCESS
Eric M. MacLennan and Joshua P. Emery The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Erratum: “Thermophysical Investigation of Asteroid Surfaces. II. Factors Influencing Grain Size”The Planetary Science Journal, Volume…
Stress field analysis in a stony meteorite under thermal fatigue and mechanical loadings
Bowen Liang, Jefferson Cuadra, Kavan Hazeli, Soheil Soghrati Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 July 2019 LINK “Highlights • 3D finite element (FE) analysis of the micromechanical behavior of an asteroidal rock. •…
Three-dimensional imaging of crack growth in L chondrites after high-velocity impact experimentsOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Terunori Irie, Keita Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sunao Hasegawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2019 LINK (OPEN…
The Origins of Asteroidal Rock Disaggregation: Interplay of Thermal Fatigue and Microstructure
Kavan Hazeli,Charles El Mir, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Marco Delbo, K.T. Ramesh Icarus Available online 25 December 2017 LINK “The distributions of size and chemical composition in regolith on airless bodies provide clues to the evolution of…
