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Why this "fail lab" breaks materials

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Researchers at UNC-G and North Carolina A&T work in a lab designed to make products fail.

Researchers perform materials testing at the Fail Lab, pushing products to the limit until it fails. Engineers use the results to design and build better products. We’re all safer because of it.

02/14/2018

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Why this "fail lab" breaks materials

Special | 3m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

Researchers perform materials testing at the Fail Lab, pushing products to the limit until it fails. Engineers use the results to design and build better products. We’re all safer because of it.

02/14/2018

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