Satellite-Forming Impact Simulations (Past, Present, and Funded Future) Brian Enke Southwest Research Institute
In the beginning... Directed Learning (AI) Support Vector Machines (SVMs) Simulation efficiency Increase science ROI Continuous parameter landscape Non-chaotic behaviour Specific, quantifiable objectives High dimensionality is OK Normalized, graded output 2001: NASA Intelligent Systems project WANTED: A Few Good Sims... Magnetosphere
Asteroid impact simulations (binaries) Magnetosphere inversions Asteroid impact simulations (SFDs) Titan Radiative Transfer Model Dust-lifting on Mars Mars crater detection SPH: Erik Asphaug N-body: Derek Richardson Companion: Zoe Leinhardt AI: Mike Burl, Dennis DeCoste, Dominic Mazzoni, Lucas Scharenbroich Grading, scheduling, integration: Brian Enke Science: Bill Merline, Dan Durda, Bill Bottke Early Candidate Sims: Tools, Collaborators:
Materials: Basalt (constant) Target Diameter: 100 km (constant) Impactor Velocity (3 -> 7 km/sec) Impact Angle (15 -> 75 degrees) Impactor Diameter ratio (1.0->3.0) (46, 34, 25, 18, 14, 10 km’s) Non-catastrophic (>50% mass in LR) Diameter of combined SMATS / LR No EEBs! Threshold of 0.03 Input Parameters: Early Satellite Results (first grading formula):
207 Run Grid Simulates a 17x17x21 grid (6069 pts) High res: 3-4, 30-45, Trolling for patterns
137 Active Learning runs Not bad!
Resolution Impact Angles Noise Preserving volume Grading (no EEBs) Completion and other AI details.... FUNDING Some Concerns:
Emma Karin Baptistina Size-Frequency Distributions (no AI)
In the present... Rigid N-body aggregates! Spins! More impacts! … leading to….
Evolution of irregularly shaped binaries (SMATS or EEBs)
Plus... Colors! Thermal evolution Source (depth) of binaries
… And Rubble Piles! Solid or rubble impactors Limited to spheres/blobs if automated (anything is possible by hand)
… And other materials! Basalt Dirty Ice Iron Dirty Ice SMATS 2.5 km imp. 1 km/sec Target diam (km)
… And other materials! Basalt Dirty Ice Iron Dirty Ice EEBs 2.5 km imp. 1 km/sec Target diam (km)
… And other materials! Basalt Dirty Ice Iron Dirty Ice SMATS 2.5 km imp. 2 km/sec Target diam (km)
… And other materials! Basalt Dirty Ice Iron Dirty Ice EEBs 2.5 km imp. 2 km/sec Target diam (km)
In the future, All these things plus...
Back to AI… 2 years of funding: NASA AIS From thresholds to peak values, continuous-valued landscapes Resource optimization, completion, early termination Better, variable balance of exploration vs exploitation Better visualization of results Higher dimensions, MCMC sampling, sim_explore… SMATS and EEBs ??? Directed Exploration of Complex Systems