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Naama Barak

Hebrew University Researchers Uncover Breakthrough In Crack Propagation

Superimposed pictures of a crack transitioning from a classical rounded crack to a supersonic crack that looks like a moving wedge. The colors are the measured sound fields broadcast by the crack as it moves. MENG WANG/HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM.

Like in all the best scientific discoveries, Prof. Jay Fineberg from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his team were looking for something else when they found out that, contrary to existing scientific knowledge, cracks can travel through materials at supersonic speed.

 

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