Materials scientists have discovered the conditions under which cracks can propagate supersonically in brittle solids. Materials scientists have discovered the conditions under which cracks can ...

Brittle materials like glass break in a completely different way to metals. Whereas metals deform before breaking, glass fractures abruptly. However, physicists from the University of Montpellier and ...

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After 2,000 years of making and breaking glass, one might think there would be a definitive answer. But at the Third International Workshop on the Flow and Fracture of Advanced Glasses, held Oct. 2 to ...

Scientists and researchers at NREL, including Timothy Silverman and Elizabeth Palmiotti, are investigating early failure in dual-glass PV modules. Image: Agata Bogucka, NREL. Dual-glass PV modules are ...

Materials scientists discover the conditions under which cracks can propagate supersonically in brittle solids. Glass breaks, rubber bursts--there are numerous ways in which materials can fail under ...