Toward a better Understanding of Europa Crevasses: Application of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics to Europa

• Main Author: Poinelli, Mattia (author)
• Other Authors: Vermeersen, L.L.A. (mentor), Larour, Eric (mentor), Castillo-Rogez, Julie (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Jupiter; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c5ec9b49-cbe9-473b-a068-ef7bbc4826d7

Europa is one of the most interesting celestial world that has been ever observed. The habitability condition, met for the liquid water layer covering the moon, yields to astonishing speculations concerning what might exist in the interior of the tiniest moon of Jupiter. The Voyager and Galileo prog...