[meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 11 13:55:04 2005
Message-ID: <060601c4f80f$085ee090$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

I'm not convinced of the equivalence. Hydrodynamic events don't scale well,
which is why most researchers seem to be approaching this problem using
computer simulations. But the problem is very hard, which is presumably why
there is such a range of wave heights given.

Chris

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From: "harlan trammell" <skyrox_at_hotmail.com>
To: <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami


> the whole skyrock-sea wave thing is the equivelent of shooting a .30-06
> into puddle- wave height is determined by velocity, water depth, bottom
> structure, and impactor size. try this with your .30-06 (or other hi-power
> rifle) as an experiment. assuming you know how to handle a rifle, shoot
> the surface of a body of water that is 2 feet deep and note wave size. not
> what the wave does when it approaches and strikes a shallow sandy area and
> a steep banked area. then try it in water 2 inches deep and note wave
> size. the deeper the water is, the bigger the wave. the form of the wave
> is determined by the bottom structure. experiment with angles, bullet
> sizes and load velocities (may require hand loading). all will play a part
> in the funtion.
Received on Tue 11 Jan 2005 01:54:51 PM PST