Resumen de A Simple Experiment To Demonstrate the Effects of Cracks on Materials Strength
A simple in-class experiment was designed to expose students to an aspect of materials science dealing with defects. Students break a series of paper strips to gauge the breaking strength. A precut transverse “crack” weakens the paper strip by a surprising amount. Adding a precut “crack stopper” greatly reduces the effect of the original “crack”. The observations are explained by the stress lines in the paper strips.
