Project 1
Experimental impact cratering with the novel EMI two-stage light gas gun: ground-breaking crater dimensions and improved material models
Klaus Thoma, Frank Schäfer
Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI), Freiburg
Project 2
Compaction, strength reduction, and stress estimates in shocked porous sandstones
Thomas Kenkmann, Insitute for Geosciences, University Freiburg
Georg Dresen, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ )
Hans-Rudolf Wenk, Berkeley, CA, USA (BER)
Project 4
Evaluation of hypervelocity impact-induced damage of rocks using elastic waves
Christian Grosse, Centre for Building Materials at the Technical University of Munich (CBM)
Project 5
Numerical modeling of impact cratering processes
Kai Wünnemann, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN)
Stefan Hiermaier, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI), Freiburg
Project 6
Crater structure and excavation: the effects of water, porosity, and target layering
Thomas Kenkmann, Insitute for Geosciences, University Freiburg
Alex Deutsch, Institute for Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
Klaus Thoma, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI), Freiburg
Project 7
Low-grade shock metamorphism of quartz in porous and wet sedimentary rocks
Wolf Uwe Reimold, Ralf Thomas Schmitt
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) and Humboldt-Universität Berlin (HUB)
Project 8
On the fate of the projectile in impact cratering experiments
Lutz Hecht, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN)
Alex Deutsch, Institute for Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
Thomas Kenkmann, Insitute for Geosciences, University Freiburg