To study the evolution of protoplanetary dust aggregates, we performed experiments with up to 2600 collisions between single, highly-porous dust aggregates and a solid plate. The dust aggregates consisted of spherical SiO2 grains with 1.5 μm diameter and had an initial volume filling factor (the volume fraction of material) of φ0 = 0.15. The aggregates were put onto a vibrating baseplate and, t...

We report collision experiments with Delrin disks and a steel plate. The disks floated air table, and collided at low speeds with a thick plate clamped to the table. The collisio was varied. The observed normal restitution was consistent with other studies. The fri interaction di ered from that reported for spheres and thick disks, and from predict standard rigid-body collision models. For ‘sli...

According to the linear viscoelastic model, the population discrete elements under the vibration working condition of the seed tray of the seeder were assumed as rigid conditions to analyze the collision process. The dynamic characteristics among the population collision process for the vibration process of the seeder were analyzed by tracing the microcosmic motion of each seed. The following c...

[1] The Eocene India-Eurasia collision is a first order tectonic event whose nature and chronology remains controversial. We test two end-member collision scenarios using coupled global plate motion-subduction models. The first, conventional model, invokes a continental collision soon after 60 Ma between a maximum extent Greater India and an Andean-style Eurasian margin. The alternative scenari...

The formation of the Tibetan plateau during the India-Asia collision remains an outstanding issue. Proposed models mostly focus on the different styles of Tibetan crustal deformation, yet these do not readily explain the observed variation of deformation and deep structures along the collisional zone. Here we use three-dimensional numerical models to evaluate the effects of crustal rheology on ...

The collision of thickened crust with subduction zones significantly modifies subduction. These accretion events lead to net growth of continents and drive much of the subduction-related tectonism. Terrane collision may also have a profound effect on the size, coupling, and rupture characteristics of large intraplate earthquakes. The present accretion of exotic terranes with the Alaska subducti...

Southeast Asia is located at the intersection of Tethys and Pacific domains. The superimposed effects two tectonic domains have resulted in complicated deep structure, surface magma responses, dynamic processes Asia. Based on latest long-term passive seismic experiment numerical modeling, this study reconstructs closure Neo-Tethys Ocean formation curved subduction system since Late Mesozoic. P-...

In contrast to continent/continent collision, arc-continent collision generates very short-lived orogeny because the buoyancy-driven impedance of the subduction of continental lithosphere, accompanied by arc/suprasubduction-zone ophiolite obduction, is relieved by subduction polarity reversal (flip). This tectonic principle is illustrated by the early Ordovician Grampian Orogeny in the British ...

In order to access the fretting damage of the steam generator tube (SGT), a fast fiber Fabry-Perot (F-P) non-scanning correlation demodulation system based on a super luminescent light emitting diode (SLED) was performed. By demodulating the light signal coming out from the F-P force sensor, the radial collision force between the SGT and the tube support plate (TSP) was interrogated. For higher...