Fracture facts for kids
Fracture might mean:
- Material fracture, when a material breaks
- Fracture (geology), when the Earth's mantle has faults
- Fracture (mineralogy), when minerals break
- Bone fracture, when a bone breaks
Images for kids
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Ductile failure of a metallic specimen strained axially
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Brittle fracture in glass
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Fracture of an aluminum crank arm of a bicycle, where the bright areas display a brittle fracture, and the dark areas show fatigue fracture.
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Schematic representation of the steps in ductile fracture (in pure tension)
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Ductile fracture surface of 6061-T6 aluminum
See also
In Spanish: Fractura para niños
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