Blast mitigation expert helps create materials resistant to explosions
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:42
in Physics & Chemistry
The first few microseconds after an explosion are the most important moments for Arun Shukla, because that's when the first hint of damage occurs to nearby structures. As one of the world's leaders in the field of fracture mechanics, he can decipher a great deal about the explosion and about the damaged materials by those first tiny cracks and how they expand.