Understanding brittle materials
Brenton Elisberg, left, and Ryan Jamison look through a piece of cracked laminate glass, an example of how brittle materials can fail. Brenton and Ryan are part of Sandia’s Brittle Materials Assurance Prediction Program (BritMAPP), which is studying brittle materials in three ways: through stress and loading; fracture mechanics to see how cracks start and develop; and the relationship between material properties and structure.
Learn more at bit.ly/2ky5WCc.
Photo by Randy Montoya.
Understanding brittle materials
Brenton Elisberg, left, and Ryan Jamison look through a piece of cracked laminate glass, an example of how brittle materials can fail. Brenton and Ryan are part of Sandia’s Brittle Materials Assurance Prediction Program (BritMAPP), which is studying brittle materials in three ways: through stress and loading; fracture mechanics to see how cracks start and develop; and the relationship between material properties and structure.
Learn more at bit.ly/2ky5WCc.
Photo by Randy Montoya.