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We consider a model problem on the destruction of a cosmic body in the atmosphere of a planet. The stress-strain state of a meteoroid is determined in the two-dimensional elastic formulation. We show that the rotation of the body considerably accelerates the process of its destruction.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Andrushchenko, A.N. Galenko, V.A. Goloveshkin, N.N. Kholin, 2007, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2007, Vol. 23, No.4, pp. 250–256.
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Andrushchenko, V.A., Galenko, A.N., Goloveshkin, V.A. et al. The effect of rotation on the stress-strain state of a cosmic body moving in the atmosphere. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 23, 178–184 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S088459130704006X
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