Counterintuitive math of high speed impacts
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 07:30
in Mathematics & Economics
It seems to contradict common sense—that greater speed for a missile or meteorite does not necessarily mean deeper penetration into the ground upon impact. But that's the finding confirmed by NJIT Professor Lou Kondic, Department of Mathematical Sciences, and colleagues affiliated with Duke University's Department of Physics and Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems.