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Table 4 Calculation settings

From: Effect of projectile shape and interior structure on crater size in strength regime

Parameters and settings*

Values

Computational geometry

Cylindrical coordinate

Number of computational cells in the R direction

2000

Number of computational cells in the Z direction

3000

Number of cells for the extension in the R direction

400

Number of cells for the extension in the Z direction

400

Extension factor

1.02

Grid spacing (m/grid)

10–5

Artificial viscosity a1

0.24

Artificial viscosity a2

1.2

Impact velocity (km/s)

2.0

High-speed cutoff

Twofold impact velocity

Low-density cutoff (kg/m3)

100

  1. *Detailed descriptions of the parameters can be found in the iSALE manual (Collins et al. 2016)