Cracks break the sound barrier
Science
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2023 Jul 28;381(6656):375-376.
doi: 10.1126/science.adj0963.
Epub 2023 Jul 27.
Author
Michael Marder
1
Affiliation
1
Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
PMID:
37499027
DOI:
10.1126/science.adj0963
Abstract
Experiments show that tensile cracks can travel above the speed of sound.