List of works by Kai Wünnemann

3D-simulation of lunar megaregolith evolution: Quantitative constraints on spatial variation and size of fragment

scientific article published in 2022

A Revision of the Formation Conditions of the Vredefort Crater

scholarly article

After DART: Using the First Full-scale Test of a Kinetic Impactor to Inform a Future Planetary Defense Mission

scholarly article

Correlating laser-generated melts with impact-generated melts: An integrated thermodynamic-petrologic approach

scholarly article

Dynamic modeling suggests terrace zone asymmetry in the Chicxulub crater is caused by target heterogeneity

scientific article

Effect of target properties and impact velocity on ejection dynamics and ejecta deposition

scholarly article

Effects of target heterogeneity on impact cratering processes in the light of the Hera mission: combined experimental and numerical approach

Experimental impact cratering: A summary of the major results of the MEMIN research unit

scholarly article

High Pressure Shock Metamorphism in Rubble-pile Asteroids using Numerical Simulations

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

How big was the Chesapeake Bay impact? Insight from numerical modeling

scientific article

Hybrid modeling of the mega-tsunami runup in Lituya Bay after half a century

article

Hydrocode modeling of the Sierra Madera impact structure

scholarly article

Impact Induced Motion of Boulders and Their Effect on Ejecta Emplacement on Rubble-pile Targets

scientific article published on 6 July 2022

Influence of Layering and Boulder Inclusions in a Granular Target on Crater Formation: Insight from Laboratory and Numerical Studies.  

scientific article published on 22 July 2021

Insight into the Distribution of High-pressure Shock Metamorphism in Rubble-pile Asteroids

scientific article published in 2022

Melting efficiency of troilite-iron assemblages in shock-darkening: Insight from numerical modeling

scientific article published in September 2018

Momentum Enhancement during Kinetic Impacts in the Low-intermediate-strength Regime: Benchmarking and Validation of Impact Shock Physics Codes

scholarly article

Momentum Transfer from the DART Mission Kinetic Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos

preprint

Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos

scholarly article

Numerical Modelling of Impact Processes

Numerical modeling of the ejecta distribution and formation of the Orientale basin on the Moon

Outcome of Collisions in the Early Outer Solar System

Physical properties of asteroid Dimorphos as derived from the DART impact

scientific article published on 26 February 2024

Reconstructing the late-accretion history of the Moon

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Regolith mixing by impacts: Lateral diffusion of basin melt

scientific article published in March 2019

Scaling of oblique impacts in frictional targets: Implications for crater size and formation mechanisms

scientific article

Seismic efficiency of Martian upper crust simulant

Shock physics mesoscale modeling of shock stage 5 and 6 in ordinary and enstatite chondrites

scientific article published in November 2019

Simulating the Momentum Enhancement with iSALE and SPH: An AIDA Benchmark & Validation Study

The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos

scientific article published in 2022

The Modification Stage of Crater Formation

The transition from circular to elliptical impact craters