Podcasts
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- SRI Podcast: Don Shockey on fracture physics
Donald Shockey, Director, Center for Fracture Physics, Materials Research Laboratory
March 2, 2011
In this podcast SRI's Don Shockey explains the importance of fracture physics - understanding how and why things break. Learn how SRI researchers use FRASTA technology to reconstruct crack propagation and determine the conditions that led to the failure of a gas pipeline or an aging aircraft. Find out how SRI uses this unique technology to predict a structure's lifetime and assist in developing safer designs for the future.
Focus Areas:
Chemistry + Materials
Divisions:
Physical Sciences Division
Centers + Labs:
Materials Research Laboratory 
